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Multiple cases of methicillin-resistant CC130 Staphylococcus aureus harboring mecC in milk and swab samples from a Bavarian dairy herd.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2014
Schlotter K, Huber-Schlenstedt R, Gangl A, Hotzel H, Monecke S, Müller E, Reißig A, Proft S, Ehricht R
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of a new mecA homolog, mecC, necessitates a modification of diagnostic procedures for the identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as most assays used for the genotypic and phenotypic mecA detection cannot currently recognize mecC. Although the prevalence, distribution, and importance of mecC are not yet completely understood, an exchange of mecC-MRSA between humans and...
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