Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) and arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from prosthetic joint infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-697

  Hellmark, B ^a   Berglund, C ^b   Nilsdotter Augustinsson, A ^c   Unemo, M ^a   Soderquist B ^a,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Aleris MEDILAB ^*  (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Örebro University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASSETTE CHROMOSOME RECOMBINASE GENE; COMMENSAL; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; JOINT PROSTHESIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84877874734     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1796-2     Document Type: Article

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