Novel and uncommon antimicrobial resistance genes in livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 18; no. 8; pp. 745 - 755
• Main Authors: Kadlec, K., Feßler, A.T., Hauschild, T., Schwarz, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Gene Pool; Genes, Bacterial; Genotypes; Horizontal gene transfer; Humans; integration; Livestock; Livestock - microbiology; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; MRSA; plasmid; recombination; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus; transposon; transposon; integration; plasmid; recombination; MRSA; Horizontal gene transfer

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) isolates have been the subject of numerous studies during recent years. The characterization of such isolates has usually also included the determination of their resistance phenotypes and associated resistance genotypes. Ana...