SCCmec IV
The dissemination of ST80-SCCmec-IV community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Kuwait hospitals
... The ST80 isolates expressed low oxacillin MIC (MIC 8-64 μg/ml). They also expressed diverse resistance phenotypes. In total, 23 of the 69 isolates were resistant to kanamycin, tetracycline and fusidic acid, that are ...
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Multiresistant ST59 SCCmec IV t437 clone with strong biofilm forming capacity was identified predominantly in MRSA isolated from Chinese children
... ST59-SCCmec IV-t437 was the most prevalent clone both in CA- and HA- MRSA ...shorter SCCmec (usually type IV and V) than HA-MRSA clone (usually type I, II and III), which believed to minimized ...
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Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)
... The SCCmec typing of MRSA iso- lates was performed under the conditions as described previously ...The SCCmec V isolates were further deter- mined by the methods described by Zhang et al and Mil- heirico et ...
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Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in clinical samples of patients with external ocular infection
... to SCCmec IV and was resistant to trimethoprim/sul- famethoxazole, amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, erythromycin, and ...with SCCmec typing method, were susceptible to amikacin, ...
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Successful Multiresistant Community Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from Taipei, Taiwan, That Carries Either the Novel Staphylococcal Chromosome Cassette mec (SCCmec) Type VT or SCCmec Type IV
... for SCCmec typing—NCTC10442 (SCCmec I), N315 (SCCmec II), 85/2082 (SCCmec III), and WIS (SCCmec V)—were kindly provided by Keiichi Hira- matsu and Teruyo Ito (Juntendo University, ...
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Genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus strains from a teaching hospital in Isfahan, Iran: The emergence of MRSA ST639- SCCmec III and ST343- SCCmec III
... ST859- SCCmec II, ST6- SCCmecI, and ST239- SCCmecIII clones belonged to the nasal carrier and ST859- SCCmec III, ST6- SCCmec IV, ST639- SCCmec III, ST343- SCCmec III, ST25, and ...
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Widespread Dissemination in The Netherlands of the Epidemic Berlin Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone with Low Level Resistance to Oxacillin
... different SCCmec types (II and IV) and ST45 was found among both MRSA and ...harbored SCCmec type IV. Recent data have indicated the presence of SCCmec type IV in ...
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Molecular and Epidemiological Evaluation of Strain Replacement in Patients Previously Harboring Gentamicin Resistant MRSA
... GR-MRSA SCCmec I (prevalent clone) strain replacement with GS-MRSA non-SCCmec I types were studied in a nested case-crossover study (n ⴝ 55 ...and SCCmec types were also genotypi- cally ...
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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a tertiary hospital in the Philippines
... CA-MRSA strains were shown to have distinctive gen- etic makeup, antimicrobial profiles, and virulence prop- erties that set them apart from HA-MRSA strains [14]. The strong relationship between CA-MRSA and Panton- ...
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Changing Patterns in Frequency of Recovery of Five Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Portuguese Hospitals: Surveillance over a 16 Year Period
... t022, SCCmec IV—was found in the 11 hospitals studied and was identified as the major clone in seven of them; (ii) the New York/Japan clone (17%)—PFGE B, ST5, spa type t067, SCCmec II—was identified ...
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Isolation of PVL/ACME-Positive, Community Acquired, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (USA300) from Iran
... t437/Sccmec IV in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan; ST30/spa t019/ Sccmec IV in the Philippines, and ST72/spa t324/Sccmec IV in Korea ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Zürich, Switzerland (2003): Prevalence of Type IV SCCmec and a New SCCmec Element Associated with Isolates from Intravenous Drug Users
... type IV (SCCmec-IV), harbored by half of the isolates, was found in sequence type 217 (ST217), which is an allelic variant of epidemic MRSA-15 (designated EMRSA-15), in a new local ST617 descending ...
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Distribution of SCCmec associated phenol soluble modulin in staphylococci
... within SCCmec elements [4, 5] which comprise the gene responsible for methicillin resistance, mecA, recombinase genes, regulatory elements and, variably, additional resistance genes ...aureus SCCmec types ...
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Genotypic and Phenotypic characterization of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from ocular isolates and its clinical correlation
... Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is a challenge for clinicians to treat due to its multi-drug resistance and rapid progression. The emergence of community-associated MRSA is not limited to ...
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... study, SCCmec typing was used for detection and epidemiological investigations of ...isolates, SCCmec type were found in ...common SCCmec type was type I, with a frequency rate of 43% (30/70), the ...
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StaphPlex System for Rapid and Simultaneous Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants and Panton Valentine Leukocidin Detection of Staphylococci from Positive Blood Cultures
... specimens, SCCmec typing was also affected, since SCCmec genes can be detected in some ...the SCCmec element should be included to provide accurate differentiation between MRSA and ...
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Detection of mecA and mecC Positive Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates by the New Xpert MRSA Gen 3 PCR Assay
... novel SCCmec XI element in S. aureus (4, 5) and CoNS (24–26). With the spread of mecC-harboring MRSA (4–7, 12, 27–32), the absence of the mecA gene alone can no longer be considered a reliable genetic marker to ...
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Molecular Characterization and SCCmec in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Healthy Worker Nasal Swab in Larestan Hospital
... Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens which can cause a broad spectrum of infections, ranging from mild skin infections to severe abscesses, sepsis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, ...
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Role of SCCmec Type in Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in a Single Medical Center
... We encountered 287 patients with positive blood culture for S. aureus. Thirty-four of these individuals were excluded. Twenty-nine patients did not meet our inclusion criteria: re- current disease (n ⫽ 7), death within 1 ...
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Carriage of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci and Their SCCmec Types in a Long Term Care Facility
... type IV contains only locus D (dcs region), we iden- tified several additional loci amplified from type IV strains in different combinations ...other SCCmec types; SCCmec type V was found ...
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