Cloning and occurrence of czrC, a gene conferring cadmium and zinc resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3605-3608

  Cavaco, L M ^a   Hasman, H ^a   Stegger, M ^b   Andersen, P S ^b   Skov, R ^b   Fluit, A C ^c   Ito, T ^d   Aarestrup, F M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE SODIUM; CADMIUM ACETATE; COPPER SULFATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; SILVER NITRATE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CADMIUM AND ZINC RESISTANCE GENE; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADMIUM; CHLORIDES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77956122229     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00058-10     Document Type: Article

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