Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 In Japan, Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an increasingly prominent cause of bacteremia, but the virulence of most of these strains is unclear.
Tetsuo Yamaguchi +2 more
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Mixed-biofilm natural transformation assay reveals the presence of staphylococci in human environments that can transfer SCCmec to Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]
mSphereMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen that causes healthcare-, community-, and livestock-associated infections. The methicillin resistance gene mecA is embedded in the mobile genetic element termed Staphylococcal ...
Mais Maree +7 more
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Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Iraqi Hospitals [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2022 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are often multi-drug resistant, resulting in a high rate of treatment failure. This study aimed to identify the antibiotics resistance profile and molecular characteristics of MRSA strains ...
H Sami Awayid, S Qassim Mohammad
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Detection of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus strains and typing of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec from various foods originated diff erent region from turkey [PDF]
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021 Staphylococcus aureus is a microorganism that is highly resistant to environmental conditions and is widely found in environmental sources. It can cause a large number of infections in both humans and animals. Resistance to methicillin in S.
Ghassan ISSA, Ali AYDIN
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Rehman Journal of Health Sciences, 2022 Introduction: Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus is a very potential human pathogen, and its significant antibiotic resistance further complicates the management of this pathogen. Methicillin resistance in S. aureus is conferred by the presence
Aman Ullah +5 more
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Characterization and clonal representation of MRSA strains in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 2009 to 2017 [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2021 Aim To characterize methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains phenotypically and genotypically and to determine their clonal affiliation, representation and antibiotic resistance profile.
Fatima Numanović +8 more
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Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and its Associated SCCmec Types among Nasal Carriage of Methicillin Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci from Community Settings, Chennai, Southern India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Objective: The study was designed to find the distribution of SCCmec types and the various antibiotic resistance genes amongst MR-CoNS isolates from asymptomatic individuals.
Saravanan Murugesan +4 more
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2020 Objective: Typify the SCCmec cassette in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus in clinical isolates from health centers in the State of Aragua-Venezuela and compare the presence of SCCmec genotypes among the state health centers and ...
Betsi Bastidas +3 more
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Distribution of Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec Types and correlation with comorbidity and infection type in patients with MRSA bacteremia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BACKGROUND: Molecular epidemiological definitions that are based on staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing and phylogenetic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates are considered a reliable way to ...
Jiun-Ling Wang +4 more
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Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of Staphylococcus Hominis Isolates From Pediatric Infections [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Staphylococcus hominis has been recently emerged as an opportunistic hospital-associated pathogen. The aim of this study was to characterize the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, biofilm formation, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome ...
Fereshteh Safari, Bahram Nikmanesh
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