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Plasmid-Encoded Transferable mecB-Mediated Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

During cefoxitin-based nasal screening, phenotypically categorized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated and tested negative for the presence of the mecA and mecC genes as well as for the SCCmec-orfX junction region. The isolate was found to carry a mecB gene previously des...

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Autores principales: Becker, Karsten, van Alen, Sarah, Idelevich, Evgeny A., Schleimer, Nina, Seggewiß, Jochen, Mellmann, Alexander, Kaspar, Ursula, Peters, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350135
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171074