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A novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) variant among Indian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 2009
Arakere Gayathri, Nadig Savitha, Ito Teruyo, Ma Xiao Xue, Hiramatsu Keiichi
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We identified a novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carried by eight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from different wards and patients in an Indian hospital. Although the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and spa types of eight strains were identical and clonally related to other nosocomial Indian isolates that belonged to sequence type (ST) 239...
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