Novel Type of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome <i>mec</i> Identified in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains

Xue, Xiao; Ito, Teruyo; Tiensasitorn, Chuntima; Jamklang, Mantana; Chongtrakool, Piriyaporn; Boyle‐Vavra, Susan; S. Daum, Robert; Hiramatsu, Keiichi

doi:10.1128/aac.46.4.1147-1152.2002

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Novel Type of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Identified in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Apr 1, 2002

Authors:

Xiao Xue

Teruyo Ito

Chuntima Tiensasitorn

Abstract

We identified a new type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) from two community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. The novel element, designated type IV SCCmec, had a unique combination of the class B mec gene complex and the type 2 ccr gene complex a...

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SCCmec

Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

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