Two variants of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVA in community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in South Korea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1314-1321

  Park, Chulmin ^a   Shin, Hyun Ho ^a   Kwon, Eun Young ^a   Choi, Su Mi ^b   Kim, Si Hyun ^b   Sun, Hee Park ^b   Choi, Jung Hyun ^b   Yoo, Jin Hong ^b   Lee, Dong Gun ^b   Wan, Shik Shin ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE 4A;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349314478     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009688-0     Document Type: Article

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