The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Paterson, Gavin K ^a   Harrison, Ewan M ^a   Holmes, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genome sequencing; MecC; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Molecular epidemiology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENOME SEQUENCING; MECC; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA); MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EUROPE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84891371636     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.003     Document Type: Review

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