Prevalence and mechanisms of low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in staphylococci isolated from a Korean hospital

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 619-623

  Yun, Hee Jeong ^a   Lee, Sang Won ^a   Yoon, Gyu Man ^a   Kim, Su Yeon ^a   Choi, Sooyoung ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^b   Choi, Eung Chil ^a   Kim, Sunghoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mupirocin; Resistance mechanism; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KOREA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; KOREA; MUPIROCIN; POINT MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037338941     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg140     Document Type: Article

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