Type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in community staphylococci from Australia.
Twenty Australian community staphylococci harboring the type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) were found to belong to eight multilocus sequence types. Five were previously unreported novel type V SCCmec elements. The mec complexes were of two types, based on the polymorphisms in the IS431 transposase genes. Five isolates were multiresistant.
O'Brien
F G
FG
Gram-Positive Bacteria Typing and Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia. F.G.O'Brien@curtin.edu.au
Coombs
G W
GW
Pearson
J C
JC
Christiansen
K J
KJ
Grubb
W B
WB
D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004269:DNA, Bacterial