Characterization of new staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) and topoisomerase genes in fluoroquinolone- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1818-1823

  Descloux, Sybill ^a   Rossano, Alexandra ^a   Perreten, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; METICILLIN; NUCLEOTIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MEC CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 43749085067     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02255-07     Document Type: Article

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