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Detection of a new mecC allotype, mecC2, in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus

25 Feb 2014

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Sir, The mecA gene originally identified in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) encodes penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a), which has low affinity for β-lactam antibiotics.1 So far, two mecA allotypes, mecA1 and mecA2, have been identified. The genes mecA1 (originally detected in Staphylococcus sciuri) and mecA2 (in Staphylococcus vitulinus) have about 80% and 90% nucleotide sequence identity,...

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PMID: 24569631
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku043

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