Excision of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus assessed by quantitative PCR. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistance in staphylococci is conferred by the mecA gene, located on the genomic island Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec).
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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 ...
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Extensive horizontal gene transfer during Staphylococcus aureus co-colonization in vivo. [PDF]
, 2014 Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal and major pathogen of humans and animals. Comparative genomics of S. aureus populations suggests that colonization of different host species is associated with carriage of mobile genetic elements (MGE), particularly ...
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Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2011 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of multiresistant strain that becomes global health problem during 50 years. Resistance of MRSA is based on insertion mobile genetic element mecDNA or Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec ...
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in a pediatric hospital in Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged at the Pediatric Hospital of Misiones Province, north Argentina, in 2003 as a cause of community-acquired (CA) infections, mostly associated with skin and soft tissue infections ...
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Molecular Epidemiological Survey of Prophages in MRSA Isolates in Taiwan
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2020 Lee-Chung Lin,1 Mao-Cheng Ge,1 Tsui-Ping Liu,1 Jang-Jih Lu1–3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 2Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University,
Lin LC, Ge MC, Liu TP, Lu JJ
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mSphere, 2018 We examined the oxacillin resistance phenotype and genomic structure of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements from 77 veterinary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) isolates.
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Transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs [PDF]
, 2013 From the mid-2000s on, numerous studies have shown that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), renowned as human pathogen, has a reservoir in pigs and other livestock.
Argudin, M Angeles +5 more
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Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Faiqa Arshad,1 Sidrah Saleem,1 Romeeza Tahir,2 Shah Jahan,2 Kokab Jabeen,3 Aneela Khawaja,4 Zille Huma,1 Muhammad Roman,1 Faheem Shahzad2 1Department of Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 2Department of Immunology ...
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Draft Genome Sequence of a Community-Associated Methicillin- Resistant Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 30 Isolate from a Pediatric Patient with a Lung Infection in Brazil [PDF]
, 2015 The sequence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain B6 (sequence type 30 [ST30], spa type t433, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element [SCCmec] type IVc, Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL] positive), isolated from a pediatric ...
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