Distribution of the ACME-arcA gene among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus and identification of a novel ccr allotype in ACME-arcA-positive isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 731-736

  Pi, Borui ^a   Yu, Meihong ^a   Chen, Yagang ^a   Yu, Yunsong ^a   Li, Lanjuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOTYPE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 66449132336     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007351-0     Document Type: Article

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