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Complete Reconstitution of the Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Phenotype of Strain Mu50 in Vancomycin-Susceptible S. aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2016
Katayama Yuki, Sekine Miwa, Hishinuma Tomomi, Aiba Yoshifumi, Hiramatsu Keiichi
Abstract excerpt
Complete reconstitution of the vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) phenotype of strain Mu50 was achieved by sequentially introducing mutations into six genes of vancomycin-susceptible S. aureus (VSSA) strain N315ΔIP. The six mutated genes were detected in VISA strain Mu50 but not in N315ΔIP. Introduction of the mutation Ser329Leu into vraS, encoding the sensor histidine kinase of the vraSR...
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