Gene Review:
blaZ - beta-lactamase
Staphylococcus aureus
- Characterization of a chromosomal gene encoding type B beta-lactamase in phage group II isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Voladri, R.K., Kernodle, D.S. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1998)
- Diversity and evolution of blaZ from Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. Olsen, J.E., Christensen, H., Aarestrup, F.M. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. (2006)
- Cloning and expression of the penicillinase from a borderline methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain in Escherichia coli. Massidda, O., Montanari, M.P., Mingoia, M., Varaldo, P.E. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1994)
- Susceptibility and bactericidal activity studies of four beta-lactamase-producing enterococci. Patterson, J.E., Zervos, M.J. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1989)
- Occurrence of the blaZ gene in penicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitis in Denmark. Vesterholm-Nielsen, M., Olhom Larsen, M., Elmerdahl Olsen, J., Moller Aarestrup, F. Acta Vet. Scand. (1999)
- Development, characterization, and initial evaluations of S1. A new chromogenic cephalosporin for beta-lactamase detection. Sutton, L.D., Biedenbach, D.J., Yen, A., Jones, R.N. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. (1995)
- A new type of penicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus. Sabath, L.D., Wheeler, N., Laverdiere, M., Blazevic, D., Wilkinson, B.J. Lancet (1977)
- Measurement of gene expression by translational coupling: effect of copy mutations on pT181 initiator synthesis. Bargonetti, J., Wang, P.Z., Novick, R.P. EMBO J. (1993)
- Methicillin resistance in staphylococci: molecular and biochemical basis and clinical implications. Chambers, H.F. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (1997)
- Beta-lactamase inhibitors from laboratory to clinic. Bush, K. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (1988)
- beta-Lactamase-mediated inactivation and efficacy of cefazolin and cefmetazole in Staphylococcus aureus abscesses. Fields, M.T., Herndon, B.L., Bamberger, D.M. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1993)
- Antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from subgingival plaque in a norwegian population with refractory marginal periodontitis. Handal, T., Caugant, D.A., Olsen, I. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2003)
- Penicillinase plasmid-linked genetic determinants for enterotoxins B and C1 production in Staphylococcus aureus. Altboum, Z., Hertman, I., Sarid, S. Infect. Immun. (1985)
- Behaviour of beta-lactamase-positive and -negative Staphylococcus aureus isolates in susceptibility tests with piperacillin/tazobactam and other beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations. Bonfiglio, G., Livermore, D.M. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. (1993)
- Frequency of disinfectant resistance genes and genetic linkage with beta-lactamase transposon Tn552 among clinical staphylococci. Sidhu, M.S., Heir, E., Leegaard, T., Wiger, K., Holck, A. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2002)
- Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of adenoids in children: a comparison between patients with chronic adenotonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy. Brook, I. Laryngoscope (1981)
- Investigation of oxacillin-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase in borderline methicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Gál, Z., Kovács, P., Hernádi, F., Barabás, G., Kiss, L., Iglói, A., Szabó, I. Chemotherapy. (2001)
- Emergence and persistence of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in the oropharynx following penicillin treatment. Brook, I. Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. (1988)
- Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in tonsils of children with recurrent tonsillitis. Brook, I., Yocum, P., Friedman, E.M. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology. (1981)
- Carbapenems: special properties contributing to their activity. Neu, H.C. Am. J. Med. (1985)
- On the transcriptional regulation of methicillin resistance: MecI repressor in complex with its operator. García-Castellanos, R., Mallorquí-Fernández, G., Marrero, A., Potempa, J., Coll, M., Gomis-Rüth, F.X. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Lack of association of Staphylococcus aureus type A beta-lactamase with cefazolin combined with antimicrobial spacer placement prosthetic joint infection treatment failure. Shuford, J.A., Piper, K.E., Hein, M., Trampuz, A., Steckelberg, J.M., Patel, R. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. (2006)
- Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic detection of penicillin G resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine intramammary infection. Haveri, M., Suominen, S., Rantala, L., Honkanen-Buzalski, T., Pyörälä, S. Vet. Microbiol. (2005)
- Lysine N(zeta)-Decarboxylation in the BlaR1 Protein from Staphylococcus aureus at the Root of Its Function As an Antibiotic Sensor. Cha, J., Mobashery, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007)
- Identification of different clonal complexes and diverse amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) associated with borderline oxacillin resistance in Canadian Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Nadarajah, J., Lee, M.J., Louie, L., Jacob, L., Simor, A.E., Louie, M., McGavin, M.J. J. Med. Microbiol. (2006)
- Microarray-based characterisation of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Monecke, S., Slickers, P., Hotzel, H., Richter-Huhn, G., Pohle, M., Weber, S., Witte, W., Ehricht, R. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. (2006)
- Characterisation of sin, a potential recombinase-encoding gene from Staphylococcus aureus. Paulsen, I.T., Gillespie, M.T., Littlejohn, T.G., Hanvivatvong, O., Rowland, S.J., Dyke, K.G., Skurray, R.A. Gene (1994)