| Literature DB >> 27161629 |
Hsiao-Jan Chen1, Yu-Tzu Lin1, Wei-Chun Hung2, Jui-Chang Tsai3, Po-Ren Hsueh4, Lee-Jene Teng5.
Abstract
We analyzed the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types of 143 fusidic acid- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates. The most frequent SCCmec type was SCCmec III/SCCHg (53%), followed by SCCmec IV (29%). Clonal spreading of SCCmec III/SCCHg strains contributed to the increased prevalence of SCCmec III. A novel non-mec SCC structure, SCC7684, adjacent to SCCmec III, which carries a new ccrC allotype (ccrC3 allele 1) and contains heavy metal resistance genes, was identified in 14 isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27161629 PMCID: PMC4958148 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00231-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191