Small plasmids carrying vga(A) or vga(C) genes mediate resistance to lincosamides, pleuromutilins and streptogramin A antibiotics in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from swine

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2010 Dec;65(12):2692-3. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq365. Epub 2010 Sep 28.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Female
  • Lincosamides / pharmacology
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Pleuromutilins
  • Polycyclic Compounds
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary
  • Streptogramin Group A / pharmacology
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / microbiology

Substances

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Diterpenes
  • Lincosamides
  • Polycyclic Compounds
  • Streptogramin Group A
  • VgA protein, Staphylococcus aureus