Rapid microarray-based identification of different mecA alleles in staphylococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5547-5554

  Monecke, Stefan ^a,b   Müller, Elke ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^c   Hotzel, Helmut ^c   Ehricht, Ralf ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS FLEURETTII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; COAGULASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84868031097     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00574-12     Document Type: Article

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