Identification of novel vga(A)-carrying plasmids and a Tn5406-like transposon in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis of human and animal origin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Lozano, Carmen ^a   Aspiroz, Carmen ^b   Rezusta, Antonio ^c   Gómez Sanz, Elena ^a   Simon, Carmen ^d   Gómez, Paula ^a   Ortega, Carmelo ^d   Revillo, Maria José ^c   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

MRSA; Plasmid; ST398; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Tn5406; vga(A)

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PLEUROMUTILIN;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CFR GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE LOCATION; LNU(A) GENE; LNU(B) GENE; LSA(C) GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME SPA TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSON; VGA(A) GENE; VGA(B) GENE; VGA(C) GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LINCOMYCIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84866043274     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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