Complete nucleotide sequence analysis of plasmids in strains of Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 reveals a high level of identity among isolates with closely related core genome sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4504-4511

  Kennedy, Adam D ^a   Porcella, Stephen F ^b   Martens, Craig ^b   Whitney, Adeline R ^a   Braughton, Kevin R ^a   Chen, Liang ^c   Craig, Carly T ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^d   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c   Musser, James M ^e   DeLeo, Frank R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CEPHEID   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CADMIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEAVY METAL; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650045795     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01050-10     Document Type: Article

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