Resistance class 1 integron in clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in southern China, 2001-2006

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-718

  Xu, Z ^a,b   Li, L ^a   Shirtliff, M E ^b,c   Peters, B M ^b,c   Li, B ^a   Peng, Y ^d   Alam, M J ^e   Yamasaki, S ^a,f   Shi, L ^a,f  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance determinant; Class 1 integron; Gram positive bacteria; Mobile genetic element; MRSA

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTEGRON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79955451674     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03379.x     Document Type: Article

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