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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Understanding the Molecular Epidemiology of Community‐Acquired Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Northern Saudi Arabia: A Spotlight on SCCmec and spa Typing [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Background: Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain resistant to certain antibiotics, making it difficult to treat. MRSA infections can occur in healthcare settings and in the wider community. The prevalence of MRSA strains has significantly increased in Saudi Arabia over the last 2 decades. Objective: This study investigated the
Mishaal Alanazi +9 more
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SCCmec and spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Israel. Detection of SCCmec type V [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2007 Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from three hospitals in Israel was the aim of the study presented here. We identified 11 distinct genetic clones by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Molecular typing identified four different SCCmec types-I, II, IV, and V-and nine spa types.
I, Chmelnitsky +7 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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Cross-species spread of SCCmec IV subtypes in staphylococci [PDF]
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2011 Staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) is a mobile genetic element that carries resistance genes for beta-lactam antibiotics. Coagulase-negative staphylococci, such as S. epidermidis, are thought to be a reservoir of diverse SCCmec elements that can spread to the most virulent staphylococcal species, S.
Davida S, Smyth +2 more
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An evaluation of the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital food [PDF]
, 2013 Los artículos que componen este libro ilustran desde múltiples puntos de vista el concepto de patrimonio biocultural. El contenido de la publicación se estructura en tres espacios sintetizados en las problemáticas asociadas al patrimonio biológico y ...
Becerra Montané, Rocío - Autor/a +20 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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Distribution of SCCmec-associated phenol-soluble modulin in staphylococci [PDF]
Molecular and Cellular Probes, 2012 The recently described phenol-soluble modulin PSM-mec was detected in Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus fleuretti, Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Staphylococcus simulans and Staphylococcus vitulinus from different hosts (humans, goats, dogs, cats, pigs, cattle and ...
Monecke, S. +10 more
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Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease, 2020 Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) is one of the mobile genetic elements of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that carries many resistance genes and allows SCCmec to move from one bacterium to another. Twelve types of SCCmec
Humaryanto Humaryanto +3 more
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A novel hybrid SCCmec-mecC region in Staphylococcus sciuri [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2013 Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. results from the expression of an alternative penicillin-binding protein 2a (encoded by mecA) with a low affinity for β-lactam antibiotics. Recently, a novel variant of mecA known as mecC (formerly mecALGA251) was identified in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from both humans and animals.
Harrison, Ewan M. +11 more
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