A sequence variant of Staphylococcus hominis with a high prevalence of oxacillin and fluoroquinolone resistance

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 805-810

  Fitzgibbon, Joseph E ^a   Nahvi, Massoumeh D ^a   Dubin, Donald T ^b   John Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Staphylococcus hominis; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; NOVOBIOCIN; OXACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; TREHALOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS SUBSP. HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS SUBSP. NOVOBIOSEPTICUS;

EID: 0034783870     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01264-5     Document Type: Article

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