Presence of the blaZ beta-lactamase gene in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus that appear penicillin susceptible by conventional phenotypic methods

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-393

  El Feghaly, Rana E ^a   Stamm, Jennifer E ^a   Fritz, Stephanie A ^a   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta lactamase; BlaZ; Cloverleaf assay; Penicillin; Penicillinase; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA LACTAMASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869091021     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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