Emergence of sequence type 779 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring a novel pseudo staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)-SCC-SCCCRISPR composite element in Irish Hospitals

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 524-531

  Kinnevey, Peter M ^a   Shore, Anna C ^a,b   Brennan, Grainne I ^a,b   Sullivan, Derek J ^a   Ehricht, Ralf ^c   Monecke, Stefan ^c,d   Slickers, Peter ^c   Coleman, David C ^a  

^a DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; FUSIDIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE TRANSFER; INVERTED REPEAT; IRELAND; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; IRELAND; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84872021607     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01689-12     Document Type: Article

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