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B A Espedido1, J A Steen, T Barbagiannakos, J Mercer, D L Paterson, S M Grimmond, M A Cooper, I B Gosbell, S J van Hal, S O Jensen.
Abstract
Approximately 39% of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 239 (ST239)-like bloodstream isolates from Liverpool Hospital (obtained between 1997 and 2008) carry an arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). Whole-genome sequencing revealed that an ACME II variant is located between orfX and SCCmec III, and based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and temporal relationships of all ST239-like isolates (n = 360), ACME carriage may have contributed to subpulsotype strain replacement.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22391530 PMCID: PMC3370721 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00013-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191