Combination of Multiplex PCRs for Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome
 mec
 Type Assignment: Rapid Identification System for
 mec
 ,
 ccr
 , and MajorDifferences in Junkyard Regions

Kondo, Yoko; Ito, Teruyo; Xue Ma, Xiao; Watanabe, Shinya; N. Kreiswirth, Barry; Etienne, Jerome; Hiramatsu, Keiichi

doi:10.1128/aac.00165-06

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Combination of Multiplex PCRs for Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type Assignment: Rapid Identification System for mec , ccr , and MajorDifferences in Junkyard Regions

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Authors:

Yoko Kondo

Teruyo Ito

Xiao Xue Ma

Abstract

ABSTRACT Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec ) typing, in combination with genotyping of the Staphylococcus aureus chromosome, has become essential for defining methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones in epidemiological studies. We have developed a convenient system for SCC mec typ...

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