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Novel Pseudo-Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element (ΨSCC mec 57395 ) in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius CC45
27 Aug 2013
Abstract excerpt
Genetic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) from Thailand and Israel revealed the presence of a predominant atypical clonal lineage which was not typeable by SmaI-PFGE and SCCmec typing. All the atypical isolates (n = 34) belonged to CC45 (30 ST45 and 2 ST179 isolates, 1 ST57 isolate, and 1 ST85 isolate). The isolates originated from healthy and diseased dogs and cats,...
