A new staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec IV encoding a novel cell-wall-Anchored surface protein in a major ST8 community-Acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-104

  Iwao, Yasuhisa ^a   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Higuchi, Wataru ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall Anchored bacterial surface protein; Community Acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Specific detection; Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL WALL ANCHORED SURFACE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CELL WALL ANCHORED SURFACE PROTEIN GENE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84863332053     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0348-5     Document Type: Article

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