First report of qacG, qacH and qacJ genes in Staphylococcus haemolyticus human clinical isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 956-960

  Correa, J E ^a   De Paulis, A ^a   Predari, S ^a   Sordelli, D O ^a   Jeric, Paola E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Efflux pumps; Multidrug resistance; S. haemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOCIDE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PROTEIN QACG; PROTEIN QACH; PROTEIN QACJ; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DILUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 54549110288     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn327     Document Type: Article

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