Arginine catabolic mobile element in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal group ST239-MRSA-III isolates in singapore: Implications for PCR-based screening tests

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1563-1564

  Hon, Pei Yun ^a   Chan, Kian Sing ^b   Holden, Matthew T ^c   Harris, Simon R ^c   Tan, Thean Yen ^d   Zu, Yan Bing ^e   Krishnan, Prabha ^f   Oon, Lynette L ^b   Koh, Tse Hsien ^b   Hsu, Li Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^f TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGININE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874065794     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02518-12     Document Type: Letter

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