A cfr-positive clinical staphylococcal isolate from India with multiple mechanisms of linezolid-resistance

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 139, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages 463-467

  Rajan, Vineeth ^a   Kumar, Vijay Gowdara Shankarappa ^b   Gopal, Shubha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cfr gene; Linezolid; Mutations; Ribosomal proteins

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; CFR GENE; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LSA GENE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

ACETAMIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84899796052     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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