Comparison of Tn1546-like elements in vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Michigan and Pennsylvania

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 470-472

  Clark, Nancye C ^a   Weigel, Linda M ^a   Patel, Jean B ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF1 GENE; ORF2 GENE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN1546; UNITED STATES; VANA GENE; VANH GENE; VANR GENE; VANS GENE; VANX GENE; VANY GENE; VANZ GENE;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENNSYLVANIA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 11244262829     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.470-472.2005     Document Type: Article

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