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Genetic diversity of emerging Panton-Valentine leukocidine/arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME)-positive ST8 SCCmec-IVa meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and ACME-positive CC5 (ST5/ST764) MRSA strains in Northern Japan.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2013
Kawaguchiya Mitsuyo, Urushibara Noriko, Ghosh Souvik, Kuwahara Osamu, Morimoto Shigeo, Ito Masahiko, Kudo Kenji, Kobayashi Nobumichi
Abstract excerpt
Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL) is a distinctive virulence factor of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), and arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) is a staphylococcal genomic island that enhances fitness and the ability of bacterial cells to colonize on skin and mucous membranes. ACME is characteristically found in USA300, which is a predominant CA-MRSA clone [sequence...
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