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Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec: recent advances and new insights.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Aug 2013
Shore Anna C, Coleman David C
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) elements are complex mobile genetic elements that often carry antimicrobial resistance and in some cases virulence-associated genes. In addition to SCCmec, which harbours the methicillin resistance gene mec, many different SCC elements have been identified in staphylococci. Recent findings have significantly enhanced our understanding of the diversity of SCCmec elements...
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