Genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying type IV SCC mec in Örebro County and the western region of Sweden

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Berglund, Carolina ^a,b   Ito, Teruyo ^b   Ma Xiao Xue, X X ^b,c   Ikeda, Megumi ^b   Watanabe, Shinya ^b,d   Söderquist, Bo ^a   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired MRSA; MRSA; Staphylocoagulase; Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SERINE PROTEINASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4C; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4D; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4H; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4I; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC PROTEIN 4J; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SWEDEN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN; SYNTENY;

EID: 57649228483     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn435     Document Type: Article

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