Rare occurrence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus CC130 with a novel mecA homologue in humans in Germany

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cuny, Christiane ^a   Layer, Franziska ^a   Strommenger, Birgit ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN; SULBACTAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUR GENE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAP8 GENE; CCRA GENE; CELL SURFACE; CLFA GENE; CLFF GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBPS GENE; EDINB GENE; FNBA GENE; FNBB GENE; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SDRC GENE; SLPA GENE; SLPB GENE; SLPE GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BOS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80052545501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024360     Document Type: Article

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