Guidelines for Reporting Novel mecA Gene Homologues

Methicillin-resistant staphylococci are disseminated all over the world and are frequent causes of health care- and community-associated infections. Methicillin-resistant strains typically carry the acquired mecA gene that encodes a low-affinity penicillin-binding protein (PBP), designated PBP2a or...

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Main Authors: Ito, T., Hiramatsu, K., Tomasz, A., de Lencastre, H., Perreten, V., Holden, M., Coleman, D., Goering, R., Giffard, P., Skov, R., Zhang, K., Westh, H., O'Brien, Frances, Tenover, F., Oliveira, D., Boyle-Vavra, S., Laurent, F., Kearns, A., Kreiswirth, B., Kwan, S., Grundmann, H., Sollid, J., John, J., Daum, R., Soderquist, B., Buist, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27011