Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec: Recent advances and new insights

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 350-359

  Shore, Anna C ^a,b   Coleman, David C ^a  

^a DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Composite islands; MecA; MecC; MRSA; SCC; SCCmec

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI; COMPOSITE ISLANDS; MECA; MECC; MRSA; SCC; SCCMEC;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84880816195     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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