The emergence and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 486-493

  Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a   Cui, Longzhu ^a   Kuroda, Makoto ^a   Ito, Teruyo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; RECOMBINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035477673     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02175-8     Document Type: Review

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