Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST9 from a case of bovine mastitis carries the genes cfr and erm(A) on a small plasmid

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1287-1289

  Wang, Xiu Mei ^a   Zhang, Wan Jiang ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Yu, Shen Ye ^a   Liu, Huifang ^a   Si, Wei ^a   Zhang, Rong Min ^a   Liu, Siguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; MRSA; Oxazolidinone resistance; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CHINA; CODON; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84859562263     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks028     Document Type: Letter

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