Identification of the novel spectinomycin resistance gene spd in a different plasmid background among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus ST433

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Sir, In a recent study, a novel spectinomycin resistance gene, designated spd, was identified in eight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates of sequence type (ST) 398 from chicken, horse, rat, cattle, pig and human origin in Belgium.1 Little is currently known about how widespread this gene is among MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) from different human and animal sources...

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