Identification of the plasmid-encoded qacA efflux pump gene in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain HPV107, a representative of the MRSA Iberian clone

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 557-561

  Costa, S S ^a,b   Ntokou, E ^c   Martins, A ^a   Viveiros, M ^a,d   Pournaras, S ^c   Couto, I ^a,b   Amaral, L ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biocides; Efflux pump; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; QacA; Reduced susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BERBERINE; BIOCIDE; CETRIMIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEQUALINIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PROTEIN QACA; RESERPINE; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM; THIORIDAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISINFECTANTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PORTUGAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78249239176     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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