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Clonal dissemination of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial infections, Tehran, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2019 Objective(s): In the current research, the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus clones and genes encoding antimicrobial resistance and toxins were examined among 120 S.
Mehdi Goudarzi +5 more
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Diversity of SCCmec elements in Staphylococci isolated from public washrooms [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2015 Staphylococci are commonly associated with antibiotic resistance in healthcare settings including resistance to methicillin and other beta lactam antibiotics primarily associated with the carriage of SCCmec mobile genetic elements. We investigated oxacillin susceptibility in 11 different species of environmental staphylococci to evaluate the potential ...
Mkrtchyan, Hermine +2 more
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Antibiotics trigger initiation of SCCmec transfer by inducing SOS responses [PDF]
Nucleic Acids Research, 2017 The rise of antimicrobial resistance limits therapeutic options for infections by methicillin-resistant staphylococci. The staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) is a mobile genetic element as the only carrier of the methicillin-resistance determinants, the mecA or mecC gene. The use of antibiotics increases the spread of antibiotic resistance,
Liu, Pilong +3 more
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Associations between dru Types and SCCmec Cassettes
PLoS ONE, 2013 Molecular typing is an important tool in the investigation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks and in following the evolution of MRSA. The staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) contains a hypervariable region with a variable number of 40 bp repeats named direct repeat units (dru).
Bartels, Mette D. +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundDysfunction of agr, with reduced susceptibility or hetero-resistance to vancomycin, is thought to be associated with a worse outcome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia (MRSAB).
Hee-Chang Jang +7 more
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A novel DNA primase-helicase pair encoded by SCCmec elements
eLife, 2020 Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a rich source of new enzymes, and conversely, understanding the activities of MGE-encoded proteins can elucidate MGE function. Here, we biochemically characterize three proteins encoded by a conserved operon carried by the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome (SCC mec
Bebel, Aleksandra +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Clonal complex 59 (CC59) Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan includes both methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
Wei-Chun Hung +7 more
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Novel rearrangements in the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V elements of Indian ST772 and ST672 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal gram positive bacteria which causes severe and non severe infections in humans and livestock. In India, ST772 is a dominant and ST672 is an emerging clone of Staphylococcus aureus.
Jayanth Balakuntla +2 more
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Role of SCCmec type in resistance to the synergistic activity of oxacillin and cefoxitin in MRSA [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Abstractβ-lactam antibiotics target penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) preventing peptidoglycan synthesis and this inhibition is circumvented in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains through the expression of an additional PBP, named PBP2A.
Nathalie T. Reichmann, Mariana G. Pinho
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Novel SCCmec type XV (7A) and two pseudo-SCCmec variants in foodborne MRSA in China
, 2022 BackgroundStaphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements are highly diverse and have been classified into 14 types. Novel SCCmec variants have been frequently detected from humans and animals but rarely from food.ObjectivesTo characterize a novel SCCmec type and two SCCmec variants identified from food-associated MRSA in China.MethodsThree ...
Wang, Wei +7 more
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