Two different erm(C)-carrying plasmids in the same methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 isolate from a broiler farm

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 382-387

  Wendlandt, Sarah ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^a   van Duijkeren, Engeline ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Lincosamide; Macrolide; MRSA; Plasmid incompatibility; Resistance

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NEOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; RRNA (ADENOSINE-O-2'-)METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROILER; ERM(C) GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; LINCOSAMIDES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901919629     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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