Methicillin resistance in staphylococci isolated from subclinical mastitis in sheep

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Corrente, M ^a   Greco, G ^a   Madio, A ^a   Ventriglia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methicillin; Sheep; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; METICILLIN; NITROCEFIN; OXACILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SHEEP DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037263732     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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