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Characterizing a Novel Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec with a Composite Structure from a Clinical Strain of Staphylococcus hominis, C34847

Published:2021-10-18 Issue:11 Volume:65 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

McClure Jo-Ann¹,Conly John M.¹²³⁴⁵,Zhang Kunyan¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Alberta Health Services/Alberta Precision Laboratories/University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

4. Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

5. The Calvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec ) has predominantly been described in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . However, studies have indicated that coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) carry a larger diversity of SCC elements.

Funder

Alberta Health Services

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.00777-21

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