Characteristics and distribution of plasmids in a clonally diverse set of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 607-614

  Kuntová, Lucie ^a   Pantůček, Roman ^a   Rájová, Jana ^a   Růžičková, Vladislava ^a   Petráš, Petr ^b   Mašlaňová, Ivana ^a   Doškař, Jiří ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genetic diversity; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Molecular typing; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866020180     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0797-y     Document Type: Article

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