Multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and future chemotherapy

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 593-601

  Hiramatsu, K ^a   Katayama, Y ^a   Matsuo, M ^a   Sasaki, T ^a   Morimoto, Y ^a   Sekiguchi, A ^a   Baba, T ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mecA; MRSA; Reverse antibiotic (RA); rpoB; SCCmec; sVISA

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; NYBOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORIC CHROMOSOMAL REPLICATION ORIGIN; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; MECA GENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84908030017     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2014.08.001     Document Type: Review

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