The enterococcal ABC transporter gene lsa(E) confers combined resistance to lincosamides, pleuromutilins and streptogramin A antibiotics in methicillin-susceptible and methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 473-475

  Wendlandt, Sarah ^a   Lozano, Carmen ^b   Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Gómez Sanz, Elena ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^b   Torres, Carmen ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial multiresistance; Enterococci; Inter genus transfer; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER LSA(E); DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINCOSAMIDE; PIRLIMYCIN; PLEUROMUTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DITERPENES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; LINCOSAMIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOGRAMIN A;

EID: 84872395061     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks398     Document Type: Letter

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