The pls gene found in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains is common in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus sciuri

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1415-1419

  Juuti, Katri ^a,d   Ibrahem, Salha ^c   Virolainen Julkunen, Anni ^c   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^a,b,c   Kuusela, Pentti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN PLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

EID: 14944385777     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1415-1419.2005     Document Type: Article

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