Copresence of tet(K) and tet(M) in livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398 is associated with increased fitness during exposure to sublethal concentrations of tetracycline

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4401-4403

  Larsen, Jesper ^a   Clasen, Julie ^a   Hansen, Julie E ^a,b   Paulander, Wilhelm ^b   Petersen, Andreas ^a,c   Larsen, Anders R ^a   Frees, Dorte ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84977106541     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00426-16     Document Type: Article

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