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: Nagasundaram N, Sistla S Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research
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