Presence of arginine catabolic mobile element among community-acquired meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus is linked to a specific genetic background

APMIS

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-225

  Hedlund, Linda ^a   Hellmark, Bengt ^a   SÖderquist, Bo ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACME; CA MRSA; Colonization; Panton Valentine leukocidin; SCC mec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CATABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWEDEN;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874193883     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02959.x     Document Type: Article

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