Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains for clinical medicine

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 603-617

  Nastaly, Paulina ^a   Grinholc, Mariusz ^a   Bielawski, Krzysztof P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accessory gene regulator; CA MRSA; Epidemiology; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CASSETTE CHROMOSOME RECOMBINASE; LUKF PROTEIN; LUKS PROTEIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RECOMBINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EUROPE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOMIC ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956225519     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0594-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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