A novel hybrid SCCmec-mecC region in Staphylococcus sciuri
Abstract
Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. results from the expression of an alternative penicillin-binding protein 2a (encoded by mecA) with a low affinity for β-lactam antibiotics. Recently, a novel variant of mecA known as mecC (formerly mecALGA251) was identified in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from both humans and animals. In this study, we identified two Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. carnaticus isolates from bovine infections that harbour three different mecA homologues: mecA, mecA1 and mecC.
Citation
Harrison , E M , Paterson , G K , Holden , M T G , Ba , X , Rolo , J , Morgan , F J E , Pichon , B , Kearns , A , Zadoks , R N , Peacock , S J , Parkhill , J & Holmes , M A 2014 , ' A novel hybrid SCC mec - mecC region in Staphylococcus sciuri ' , Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy , vol. 69 , no. 4 , pp. 911-918 . https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt452
Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0305-7453Type
Journal article
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Copyright (c) The Authors 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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