Detection of diverse SCC mec variants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and comparison of SCC mec typing methods

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1128-1130

  Kim, J ^a   Jeong, J H ^a   Cha, H Y ^a   Jin, J S ^a   Lee, J C ^a   Lee, Y C ^a   Seol, S Y ^a   Cho, D T ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Multilocus sequence typing; SCCmec variants; Typing

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SOUTH KOREA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPOSON;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35148894086     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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