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, Xiao; Watanabe, Shinya; N. Kreiswirth, Barry; Étienne, Jérôme; 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

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Dec 20, 2006

Authors:

Yoko Kondo

Teruyo Ito

Xiao Xue

Abstract

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) 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 SCCmec type assignment...

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SCCmec

Biology

Typing

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