Expression of resistance to methicillin
B Berger-Bächi - Trends in microbiology, 1994 - cell.com
B Berger-Bächi
Trends in microbiology, 1994•cell.comC linical isolates of methi-cillin-resistant staphylococci carry a resistance gene (mecA) that
confers an intrinsic resistance to all p-lactams (see p. 421 for a glossary of antibiotics). The
mecA gene is on a 30-40 kb DNA element (met) of unknown origin and nature that
integrates between spa and ptlrA in the SlnaI G fragment of the Stuphylococcus aureus
832.5 chromosome'
confers an intrinsic resistance to all p-lactams (see p. 421 for a glossary of antibiotics). The
mecA gene is on a 30-40 kb DNA element (met) of unknown origin and nature that
integrates between spa and ptlrA in the SlnaI G fragment of the Stuphylococcus aureus
832.5 chromosome'
C linical isolates of methi-cillin-resistant staphylococci carry a resistance gene (mecA) that confers an intrinsic resistance to all p-lactams (see p. 421 for a glossary of antibiotics). The mecA gene is on a 30-40 kb DNA element (met) of unknown origin and nature that integrates between spa and ptlrA in the SlnaI G fragment of the Stuphylococcus aureus 832.5 chromosome’
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