| Literature DB >> 21525224 |
Yukiko Watanabe1, Longzhu Cui, Yuki Katayama, Kishii Kozue, Keiichi Hiramatsu.
Abstract
Of 38 vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) clinical strains, 27 (71%) possessed a mutation(s) in rpoB encoding the β-subunit of RNA polymerase. Furthermore, 95.6% of the rifampin-resistant mutants obtained from 9 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates showed decreased vancomycin susceptibilities. These data indicate the involvement of an rpoB mutation in VISA phenotype expression.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21525224 PMCID: PMC3147882 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02144-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948