Genomic analysis reveals a point mutation in the two-component sensor gene graS that leads to intermediate vancomycin resistance in clinical Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3755-3762

  Howden, Benjamin P ^a,b   Stinear, Timothy P ^a   Allen, David L ^a   Johnson, Paul D R ^b   Ward, Peter B ^b   Davies, John K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BLOOD CULTURE; GRAS GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 54049146958     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01613-07     Document Type: Article

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