Staphylococcus aureus plasmids without mobilization genes are mobilized by a novel conjugative plasmid from community isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 649-652

  O'Brien, F G ^a   Ramsay, J P ^a   Monecke, S ^b,c   Coombs, G W ^a,d   Robinson, O J ^a,d   Htet, Z ^d   Alshaikh, F A M ^a   Grubb, W B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugative plasmids; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILIZATION GENE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84928190746     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku454     Document Type: Article

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