Fusidic acid resistance, mediated by fusB, in bovine coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1254-1256

  Yazdankhah, Siamak P ^a,d   Åsli, Anette W ^a   Sørum, Henning ^a   Oppegaard, Hanne ^b   Sunde, Marianne ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Plasmid; S. haemolyticus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUSIDIC ACID; PROTEIN FUSB;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUSIDIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33845353241     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl418     Document Type: Article

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