Genetic Analysis of a High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5650, 2003, Pages 1569-1571

  Weigel, Linda M ^a   Clewell, Don B ^b   Gill, Steven R ^c   Clark, Nancye C ^a   McDougal, Linda K ^a   Flannagan, Susan E ^b   Kolonay, James F ^c   Shetty, Jyoti ^d   Killgore, George E ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d J Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIONS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GENE TRANSFER;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DISINFECTANT AGENT; METICILLIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; R FACTORS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0344827209     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1090956     Document Type: Article

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