A plasmid that encodes three genes for resistance to macrolide antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-227

  Matsuoka, Mayumi ^a   Endou, Kikutarou ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^b   Nakajima, Yoshinori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

erm gene; Macrolide resistance; msr gene; Staphylococcus aureus; Unidentified mph

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MYCINAMICIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; ROKITAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031726634     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00389-9     Document Type: Article

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