title: Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by assaying for the presence of variable elements associated with mecA.
abstract: The region surrounding mecA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly variable. We describe an approach for the rapid genotyping of MRSA by assaying for the presence or absence of variable or mobile elements previously shown to be associated with the mecA region.
authors.affiliation: Cooperative Research Centre for Diagnostics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huygens
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nimmo
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schooneveldt
authors.forename: Wendy J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Munckhof
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Giffard
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000235:genetics; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase