Staphylococcal chromosomal cassettes mec (SCCmec): A mobile genetic element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-67

  Liu, Junyan ^a,b   Chen, Dingqiang ^c   Peters, Brian M ^b   Li, Lin ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Xu, Zhenbo ^a,d   Shirliff, Mark E ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Mobile genetic element; MRSA; SCCmec; SCCmec typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BLEOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN CCRAB; PROTEIN CCRC; RECOMBINASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOTE; MEC GENE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84995554227     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.10.028     Document Type: Review

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