Genetic organization of the mecA region in methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus sciuri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-242

  Wu, Shangwei ^a,b   De Lencastre, Herminia ^a,c   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031912602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.236-242.1998     Document Type: Article

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