Genome sequence of a recently emerged, highly transmissible, multi-antibiotic- and antiseptic-resistant variant of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, sequence type 239 (TW)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 888-892

  Holden, Matthew T G ^a   Lindsay, Jodi A ^b   Corton, Craig ^a   Quail, Michael A ^a   Cockfield, Joshua D ^b   Pathak, Smriti ^c   Batra, Rahul ^d   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Bentley, Stephen D ^a   Edgeworth, Jonathan D ^c,d  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METALS, HEAVY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75149126472     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01255-09     Document Type: Article

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