Existence of multiple SCCmec elements in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

CONCLUSION: The existence of multiple SCCmec types in individual MRSA isolates resulted in our inability to categorize many of these isolates as either CA-MRSA or HA-MRSA as defined by the SCCmec type criterion. LIMITATION: The major limitation of the study was that the SCC mec element of MRSA isolates exhibiting multiple types was not sequenced and hence this finding could not be confirmed. PMID: 30994438 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research