Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus with the novel mecC gene variant isolated from a cat suffering from chronic conjunctivitis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 968-969

  Medhus, Agathe ^a   Slettemeås, Jannice Schau ^a   Marstein, Lillian ^b   Larssen, Kjersti Wik ^b   Sunde, Marianne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Companion animals; MRSA

Indexed keywords

MECC PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CAT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STOMATITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84875274122     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks487     Document Type: Letter

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