Unusual small plasmids carrying the novel resistance genes dfrK or apmA isolated from methicillin-resistant or -susceptible staphylococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2342-2345

  Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^a   Couto, Natacha ^b   Pomba, Constança F ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apramycin resistance; Horizontal gene transfer; MRSA; Trimethoprim resistance

Indexed keywords

APMA PROTEIN; APRAMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DFRK PROTEIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MOBA PROTEIN; MOBB PROTEIN; MOBC PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEBRAMYCIN; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 84866606973     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks235     Document Type: Article

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