Article
A dyadic plasmid that shows MLS and PMS resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 1997
Matsuoka M, Endou K, Kobayashi H, Inoue M, Nakajima Y
Abstract excerpt
Out of a collection of 56 Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains from 1971 to 1990 in Japan, we found one 1971 isolate, strain MS8968, harboring plasmid pMS97. A transductant strain, MS15009(pMS97), showed inducible resistance to a group of drugs, the so-called MLS antibiotics in the presence of...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Clindamycin
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Erythromycin
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Lincosamides
- Macrolides
- Oleandomycin
- Plasmids
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Ribosomes