Fusidic acid resistance determinants in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4985-4991

  Chen, Hsiao Jan ^a   Hung, Wei Chun ^a   Tseng, Sung Pin ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; FUSA GENE; FUSB GENE; FUSC GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FUSIDIC ACID; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78649658983     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00523-10     Document Type: Article

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