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Characterization of a Variant of the SCC <i>mec</i> Element in a Bloodstream Isolate of <i>Staphylococcus intermedius</i>
1 Mar 2007
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Here we report for the first time, a detailed characterization of a variant of the SCCmec element, in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus intermedius human isolate. S. intermedius is a coagulase-positive zoonotic microrganism, recently classified as a separate species. In routine clinical laboratory practice, the coagulase production is used as criterion of pathogenicity related to S. aureus, but S....
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