title: Identification of a methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus caprae from a human clinical specimen.
abstract: The analysis of gel banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins was used to identify two clinical isolates of a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species as Staphylococcus caprae, a species originally isolated from goat's milk. One of the isolates was further shown to carry mecA, the structural gene for methicillin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism; D015342:DNA Probes; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D007769:Lactams; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000378:metabolism; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003030:Coagulase; D015342:DNA Probes; D007769:Lactams; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase