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Characterization of MLS(b) resistance among Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates carrying different SCCmec types.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Sept 2012
Teodoro Cristiane R S, Mattos Cláudio S, Cavalcante Fernanda S, Pereira Eliezer M, dos Santos Kátia R N
Abstract excerpt
This work characterizes MLS(b) resistance in 39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 32 Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) isolates. Of 21 erm(A) gene encoding MRSA isolates, 71.4% carried SCCmecIII, whereas of 12 isolates carrying the erm(C) gene, 83.3% carried SCCmecIV. Among the 25 MRSE isolates positive for the erm(C) gene, 80% had SCCmecIV or nontypeable cassettes. Isolates carrying these...
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