Virulence characteristic and MLST-agr genetic background of high-level mupirocin-resistant, MRSA isolates from Shanghai and Wenzhou, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Qingzhong ^a   Han, Lizhong ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Sun, Jingyong ^b   Ni, Yuxing ^b  

^a SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR TYPING; ACME ARCA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAP 5 GENE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETA GENE; ETB GENE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HLD GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEB GENE; SED GENE; SEE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ARCA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUPIROCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862097124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037005     Document Type: Article

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