MSSA ST398/t034 carrying a plasmid-mediated Cfr and Erm(B) in Brazil

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 303-305

  Gales, Ana C ^a   Deshpande, Lalitagauri M ^b   De souza, Alinne G ^a   Pignatari, Antônio Carlos C ^a   Mendes, Rodrigo E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Linezolid; Macrolides; Ribosomal mutations; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CANCER PATIENT; CFR GENE; ERMB GENE; FATALITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PNEUMONIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84928324279     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku366     Document Type: Letter

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