Heterogeneous expression of fusidic acid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus with plasmid or chromosomally encoded fusidic acid resistance genes

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-303

  O'brien, Frances G ^a   Botterill, Cameron I ^a   Endersby, Travis G ^a   Lim, Raelene L G ^a   Grubb, Warren B ^a   Gustafson, John E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fusidic acid; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUSIDIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; KANAMYCIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECTINOMYCIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85058248236     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169486     Document Type: Article

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