Diversity of SCCmec elements in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci clinical isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zong, Zhiyong ^a,b   Peng, Chunhong ^a,c   Lü, Xiaoju ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CCR GENE; CCRAB1 GENE; CCRAB2 GENE; CCRAB3 GENE; CCRC1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCCMEC GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS KLOOSII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS MASSILIENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CLONE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

COAGULASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONE CELLS; COAGULASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79957578210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020191     Document Type: Article

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