Diversity of antimicrobial resistance pheno- and genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from diseased swine
Author(s) -
Kristina Kadlec,
Ralf Ehricht,
Stefan Monecke,
Ulrike Steinacker,
Heike Kaspar,
Joachim Mankertz,
Štefan Schwarz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp350
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , biology , sccmec , antibiotic resistance , tetracycline , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , virulence , broth microdilution , genotype , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antimicrobial , virology , gene , antibiotics , genetics , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration
Fifty-four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 isolates from unrelated diseased swine collected all over Germany were comparatively investigated for their antimicrobial resistance and virulence properties, and for their genomic relatedness.
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