Genetic diversity among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-93

  Miragaia, M ^a   Couto, I ^a,b,c   De Lencastre, H ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AROE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GYRA GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MURE GENE; NONHUMAN; ORFX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 18944393741     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.83     Document Type: Article

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