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P Martins Simões1, J-P Rasigade, H Lemriss, M Butin, C Ginevra, S Lemriss, R V Goering, A Ibrahimi, J C Picaud, S El Kabbaj, F Vandenesch, F Laurent.
Abstract
Multiresistant Staphylococcus capitis pulsotype NRCS-A has been reported to be a major pathogen causing nosocomial bacteremia in preterm infants. We report that the NRCS-A strain CR01 harbors a novel 60.9-kb composite staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element, composed of an SCCmec with strong homologies to Staphylococcus aureus ST398 SCCmec and of an SCCcad/ars/cop harboring resistance genes for cadmium, arsenic, and copper. Whole-genome-based comparisons of published S. capitis strains suggest that strain CR01 acquired the two elements independently.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24060879 PMCID: PMC3837888 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01576-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191