title: Redefining a structural variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, SCCmec type VI.
abstract: Previously we identified a SCCmec variant similar in size to type IV but with a new ccrAB allotype, allotype 4. We addressed the epidemiological relevance of this variant and found it among several strains belonging to the same clone. We propose to rename this structural variant SCCmec type VI.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Rua da Quinta Grande, Oeiras, Portugal. dco@itqb.unl.pt
authors.forename: Duarte C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milheiriço
authors.forename: Hermínia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Lencastre
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D045522:Recombinases / Q000235:genetics*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D045522:Recombinases; C487789:mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus