Detection of a new mecC allotype, mecC2, in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2003-2005

  Małyszko, Ida ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Hauschild, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; MecA homologues; Oxacillin; Wild small mammals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOXITIN; DNA 16S; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN MECC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLOTYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOVINE MASTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 84902438279     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku043     Document Type: Letter

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