Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates expressing low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Nigeria and South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 10-

  Shittu, Adebayo O ^a,c   Udo, Edet E ^b   Lin, Johnson ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADMIUM ACETATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PROTEIN MUPA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 60849089921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-10     Document Type: Article

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