MupB, a new high-level mupirocin resistance mechanism in staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1916-1920

  Seah, Christine ^a   Alexander, David C ^a,b   Louie, Lisa ^c   Simor, Andrew ^b,c   Low, Donald E ^a,b,d   Longtin, Jean ^a,e   Melano, Roberto G ^a,b,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ILES PROTEIN; MUPA PROTEIN; MUPB PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; ISOLEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUPIROCIN; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84858692177     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05325-11     Document Type: Article

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