Identification of agr-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harbouring the class A mec complex by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1018-1023

  Josten, Michaele ^a   Dischinger, Jasmin ^a   Szekat, Christiane ^a   Reif, Marion ^a   Al Sabti, Nahed ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a   Parcina, Marijo ^a   Bekeredjian Ding, Isabelle ^a   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class A mec gene complex; MALDI TOF MS; MRSA; PSM mec; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PSM MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL DELTA TOXIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; WHOLE CELL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84912027874     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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