Differential expression of ccrA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type II and IVa elements

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4556-4558

  Higgins, Paul G ^a   Rosato, Adriana E ^b   Seifert, Harald ^a   Archer, Gordon L ^b   Wisplinghoff, Hilmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CCRA GENE; CCRB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE II; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE IVA; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 70349330326     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00395-09     Document Type: Article

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