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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from ST1 lineage harboring a new SCCmec IV subtype (SCCmec IVm) containing the tetK gene

A pivotal event in the evolutionary path of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the acquisition of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carrying the mecA gene, the determinant of methicillin resistance. Community-acquired (CA) MRSA is commonly associated with...

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Autores principales: Côrtes, Marina F, Botelho, Ana MN, Almeida, Luiz GP, Souza, Rangel C, de Lima Cunha, Oberdan, Nicolás, Marisa F, Vasconcelos, Ana TR, Figueiredo, Agnes MS
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30588041
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S175079