Investigation of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes in methicillin-resistant staphylococci

Microbiological Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Ardic, Nurittin ^a   Sareyyupoglu, Baris ^a   Ozyurt, Mustafa ^a   Haznedaroglu, Tuncer ^a   Ilga, Uǧur ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme; Aminoglycoside resistance; mecA; MRCNS; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE MODIFYING ENZYMES; AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE; MECA; MRCNS; MRSA;

GENES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

FORMICIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28844496674     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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