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SUBMITTER: Li S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3101438 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Shanshuang S Skov Robert Leo RL Han Xiao X Larsen Anders Rhod AR Larsen Jesper J Sørum Marit M Wulf Mireille M Voss Andreas A Hiramatsu Keiichi K Ito Teruyo T
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20110321 6
The structures of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements carried by 31 clonal complex 398 (CC398) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from the participants at a conference were analyzed. The SCCmecs were classified into novel types, namely, IX, X, V(5C2&5) subtype c, and IVa. Type V(5C2&5) subtype c, IX, and X SCCmecs carried genes conferring resistance to metals. The structures of SCCmecs from CC398 strains were distinct from those normally foun ...[more]