| Literature DB >> 20876371 |
Andrea T Fessler1, Kristina Kadlec, Stefan Schwarz.
Abstract
A novel apramycin resistance gene, apmA, was detected on the ca.-40-kb resistance plasmid pAFS11 from bovine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398). The apmA gene coded for a protein of 274 amino acids that was related only distantly to acetyltransferases involved in chloramphenicol or streptogramin A resistance. NsiI deletion of apmA resulted in a 16- to 32-fold decrease in the apramycin MICs. An apmA-specific PCR identified this gene in one additional bovine and four porcine MRSA ST398 isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20876371 PMCID: PMC3019643 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01124-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191