Full-genome sequencing identifies in the genetic background several determinants that modulate the resistance phenotype in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the novel mecC gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Milheiriço, Catarina ^a   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta lactams; MecC; MRSA; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; GENETIC BACKGROUND; HUMAN; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANGER SEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUTATION; OXACILLIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85014101295     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02500-16     Document Type: Article

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