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Analysis of mupirocin resistance and fitness in Staphylococcus aureus by molecular genetic and structural modeling techniques.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2004
Hurdle Julian Gregston, O'Neill Alexander John, Ingham Eileen, Fishwick Colin, Chopra Ian
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal resistance to mupirocin in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus arises from V(588)F or V(631)F mutations in isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IRS). Whether these are the only IRS mutations that confer mupirocin resistance or simply those that survive in the clinic is unknown. Mupirocin-resistant mutants of S. aureus 8325-4 were therefore generated to examine their ileS genotypes and the in vitro and in...
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