The diversity of antimicrobial resistance genes among staphylococci of animal origin

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 338-349

  Wendlandt, Sarah ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^b,c   Ehricht, Ralf ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Integration; Mobile genetic elements; Plasmids; Recombination

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; AMINOCYCLITOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; DALFOPRISTIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLEUROMUTILIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOTHRICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CAT; CATTLE; CHICKEN; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA PIG; HORSE; HUMAN; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SHEEP; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS FLEURETTII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PASTEURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD);

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84880752769     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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