Genetic environment and location of the lnu(A) and lnu(B) genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococci of animal and human origin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2804-2808

  Lozano, Carmen ^a   Aspiroz, Carmen ^b   Sáenz, Yolanda ^c   Ruiz García, Montserrat ^d   Royo García, Gloria ^d   Gómez Sanz, Elena ^a   Ruiz larrea, Fernanda ^a   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lincosamide resistance; MRSA; PLNU1; S. aureus; ST398; ST9

Indexed keywords

LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; LNU(A) GENE; LNU(B) GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINCOSAMIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84869386047     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks320     Document Type: Article

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