Genetic environment of the multi-resistance gene cfr in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from chickens, ducks, and pigs in China

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 257-261

  He, Tao ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Zhao, Qin ^a   Shen, Jianzhong ^a   Wu, Congming ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

IS256; ISEnfa5; Linezolid; Poultry; Recombination

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FOSFOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAGULASE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CFR GENE; CHICKEN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DUCK; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; SWINE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DEFICIENCY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPOSON; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COAGULASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DUCKS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 84899637663     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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