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Characterization of a new SCCmec element in Staphylococcus cohnii. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Many SCCmec elements of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) could not be typed using multiplex PCR. Such a 'non-typable' SCCmec was encountered in a Staphylococcus cohnii isolate.
Zhiyong Zong, Xiaoju Lü
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Type IV SCCmec found in decade old Brazilian MRSA isolates [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) commonly causes infection in hospitalized patients. Since its appearance in the 1960s, the SCCmec has evolved throughout the years into 5 different types (I-V), each bearing a different set of genes ...
Cristina Reinert, John Anthony McCulloch, Shinya Watanabe, Teruyo Ito, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Elsa Masae Mamizuka   +5 more
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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, Hu, Yue, Baker, Michelle, Dottorini, Tania, Li, Hui, Dong, Yinping, Bai, Yao, Li, Fengqin   +7 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, Xu, Zhen, Cutler, Ronald R.   +2 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., Boye, Kit, Oliveira, Duarte C., Worning, Peder, Goering, Richard, Westh, Henrik   +5 more
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Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus hominis (MRSHo): low clonality and reservoirs of SCCmec structural elements. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus hominis (MRSHo) are important human pathogens in immunocompromised patients. However, little is known regarding its population structure and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) content ...
Ons Bouchami, Assia Ben Hassen, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia   +3 more
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SCCmec transformation requires living donor cells in mixed biofilms

Biofilm
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important human pathogen that has emerged through the horizontal acquisition of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). Previously, we showed that SCCmec from heat-killed donors can be transferred via natural transformation in biofilms at frequencies of 10-8-10-7.
Mais Maree, Yuri Ushijima, Pedro B. Fernandes, Masato Higashide, Kazuya Morikawa   +4 more
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Methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius encoded within novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) variants:Novel SCCmec element in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius [PDF]

Background. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a common opportunistic pathogen of companion dogs and an occasional human pathogen. Treatment is hampered by antimicrobial resistance including methicillin-resistance encoded by mecA within the mobile genetic element SCCmec. Objectives.
Macfadyen, Alison, Paterson, Gavin; id_orcid 0000-0002-1880-0095   +1 more
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Difference in agr dysfunction and reduced vancomycin susceptibility between MRSA bacteremia involving SCCmec types IV/IVa and I-III.

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, Seung-Ji Kang, Su-Mi Choi, Kyung-Hwa Park, Jong-Hee Shin, Hyon E Choy, Sook-In Jung, Hong Bin Kim   +7 more
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Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) in coagulase negative staphylococci [PDF]

Medicina Universitaria, 2015
AbstractCoagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are among the main causative agents of bacteremia. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus are the CoNS species most frequently isolated. These species are often associated with infections in immunocompromised patients who have a medical device implant.
Martínez Meléndez, Julio Adrián, Morfín Otero, Rayo, Villarreal Treviño, Licet, González González, Gloria María, Llaca Díaz, Jorge Martín, Rodríguez Noriega, Eduardo, Camacho Ortiz, Adrián, Garza González, Elvira   +7 more
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