A novel staphylococcal cassette chromosomal element, SCCfusC, carrying fusC and speG in fusidic acid-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1224-1227

  Lin, Yu Tzu ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Chen, Hsiao Jan ^a   Hung, Wei Chun ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID; POLYAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CASSETTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FUSIDIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893502697     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01772-13     Document Type: Article

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