Characterization of Fosfomycin Resistance Gene, fosB, in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Fu, Zhuyingjie ^a,b   Liu, Yang ^a,b   Chen, Chunhui ^a,b   Guo, Yan ^a,b   Ma, Ying ^a,b   Yang, Yang ^a,b   Hu, Fupin ^a,b   Xu, Xiaogang ^a,b   Wang, Minggui ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; FOSFOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHINA; GENETICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOSFOMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 85019767687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154829     Document Type: Article

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