title: [Analysis of SCCmec genotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility tests in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the SCCmec genotyping, subtype and antimicrobial susceptibility tests in methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus to guide the clinical treatment and provide the proof for molecular epidemiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  To detect mecA gene and SCCmec genetyping and subtype in 50 MRSA by PCR. According to CLSI's guideline, antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed with disk diffusion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 50 MRSA had mecA genes. 45 strains were SCCmec III types; 3 strains were SCCmec III A types; 2 strains were SCCmec II types. There were no SCCmec I and SCCmec IV types. SCCmec II, SCCmec III and SCCmec III A type strains were all multiresistant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  50 MRSA are all multiresistant. SCCmec III are the main types.
authors.affiliation: The Capital Medical University, Beijing Youan Hospital, Beijing 100069, China.
authors.forename: Gui-Zhen
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yan-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiu-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010802:Phylogeny; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; C487789:mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus