Guidelines for reporting novel mecA gene homologues

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4997-4999

  Ito, Teruyo ^a   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^b   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^b,c   Perreten, Vincent ^d   Holden, Matthew T G ^e   Coleman, David C ^f   Goering, Richard ^g   Giffard, Philip M ^h   Skov, Robert L ⁱ   Zhang, Kunyan ^j   Westh, Henrik ^k   O'Brien, Frances ^l   Tenover, Fred C ^m   Oliveira, Duarte C ^c,n   Boyle Vavra, Susan ^o   Laurent, Frederic ^p   Kearns, Angela M ^q   Kreiswirth, Barry ^r   Ko, Kwan Soo ^s   Grundmann, Hajo ^t   Sollid, Johanna E ^u   John, Joseph F ^v   Daum, Robert ^o   Soderquist, Bo ^w   Buistx, Girbe ^x   more..

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

ⁱ STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^l CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m CEPHEID   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^p HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^q PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^r PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^v RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^w ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^x UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84866312704     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01199-12     Document Type: Note

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