New transposon Tn6133 in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 contains vga(E), a novel streptogramin A, pleuromutilin, and lincosamide resistance gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4900-4904

  Schwendener, Sybille ^a   Perreten, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DALFOPRISTIN; LINCOSAMIDE; PLEUROMUTILIN; PROTEIN VGA E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LINCOSAMIDES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOGRAMIN A; SWINE;

EID: 80052859578     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00528-11     Document Type: Article

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