FemA, a host-mediated factor essential for methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular cloning and characterization

Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, Luisella Barberis-Maino, A Strässle, +1

Molecular and General Genetics MGG

Medical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial Resistance GeneAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesStaphylococcus Aureus +11

Mapping and characterization of multiple chromosomal factors involved in methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, A Strässle, John E. Gustafson, +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Chromosomal FactorsGeneticsBacteriologyStaphylococcus AureusMolecular Biology +17

Mechanisms of heteroresistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

C Ryffel, A Strässle, F. H. Kayser, +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Antimicrobial Resistance GeneMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus AureusHealth SciencesAntibioticsAntimicrobial Susceptibility +13

The femC locus of Staphylococcus aureus required for methicillin resistance includes the glutamine synthetase operon

John E. Gustafson, A Strässle, Herbert Hächler, +2

Journal of Bacteriology

BacteriologyStaphylococcus AureusMolecular BiologyTn551 Insertion FemcAntibiotic Resistance +18

Evidence of a novel staphylococcal mec-encoded element (mecR) controlling expression of penicillin-binding protein 2'

W Tesch, C Ryffel, A Strässle, +2

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Medical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial Resistance GeneAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesAntibiotics +13

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Prison Inmates, Azerbaijan

Gaby E. Pfyffer, A Strässle, Tamara van Gorkom, +6

Emerging infectious diseases

Cloning and expression of methicillin resistance from Staphylococcus epidermidis in Staphylococcus carnosus

W Tesch, A Strässle, Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, +3

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Staphylococcus CarnosusMolecular BiologyAntibiotic ResistanceDrug ResistanceDisease Resistance +15

Characterization of an isogenic set of methicillin-resistant and susceptible mutants ofStaphylococcus aureus

Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, A Strässle, F. H. Kayser

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Disease ResistanceAntimicrobial Resistance GeneIsogenic SetHealth SciencesAntimicrobial Susceptibility +10

Autolysis of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

John E. Gustafson, Brigitte Berger‐Bächi, A Strässle, +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

GeneticsDrug ResistanceInfection ControlAutolytic ActivitiesAntimicrobial Resistance +14

Transmission of tuberculosis in the metropolitan area of Zurich: a 3 year survey based on DNA fingerprinting

G E Pfyffer, A Strässle, N C Rose, +3

European Respiratory Journal

Tuberculosis PreventionGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismPathologyMinor Transmission +14