Correlation of penicillin binding protein 2a detection with oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and discovery of a novel penicillin binding protein 2a mutation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4541-4544

  Bressler, Adam M ^a   Williams, Teresa ^b   Culler, Elizabeth E ^a   Zhu, Wenming ^c   Lonsway, David ^c   Patel, Jean B ^c   Nolte, Frederick S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH MICRODILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 24744452612     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4541-4544.2005     Document Type: Article

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