Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains that carry a novel genetic homologue and important virulence determinants

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3374-3377

  Sabat, Artur J ^a   Koksal, Mahir ^a   Akkerboom, Viktoria ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^b,e   Kriegeskorte, André ^c   Hendrix, Ron ^d   Ehricht, Ralf ^e   Köck, Robin ^c   Becker, Karsten ^c   Friedrich, Alexander W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NITROFURAN; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NETHERLANDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866469906     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01121-12     Document Type: Article

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