Detection of diverse SCCmec variants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and comparison of SCCmec typing methods.
Non-duplicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates (n = 436), collected from four hospitals located in three Korean cities between 2001 and 2005, were investigated by SCCmec typing and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Variations within SCCmec, especially type II, were detected in 165 (37.8%) isolates, and these variants were characterised using four different SCCmec typing methods. The predominant SCCmec type was a type II variant that differed from type II by the absence of a pUB110 insertion. MLST analysis showed that most of the isolates carrying SCCmec variants belonged to ST5.
Kim
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Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Junggu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Jeong
J H
JH
Cha
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Jin
J S
JS
Lee
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JC
Lee
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Seol
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Cho
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements