Open Access<p>Association between cell growth and vancomycin resistance in clinical community-associated methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em></p>
Author(s) -
Tetsuo Yamaguchi,
Rina Ando,
Tetsuya Matsumoto,
Yoshikazu Ishii,
Kazuhiro Tateda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s209591
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , single nucleotide polymorphism , biology , vancomycin , virulence , incubation , gene , sccmec , strain (injury) , genetics , bacteria , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , genotype , biochemistry , anatomy
We investigated the association between the rate of cell growth and vancomycin (VAN) resistance by comparing the genomic and phenotypic characteristics of different sized colonies isolated from a single origin.