Arginine catabolic mobile element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal group ST239-MRSA-III isolates in Singapore: implications for PCR-based screening tests

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar;57(3):1563-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02518-12. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arginine / genetics
  • Humans
  • Interspersed Repetitive Sequences*
  • Methicillin Resistance / drug effects
  • Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Singapore / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Arginine