Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette Type in Clinical Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Authors: Maribel J. Castellano González, María E Cavazza Porro, Armindo J Perozo Mena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2014
• Subjects: S. Aureus Meticilino Resistente; SCCmec; Resistencia; PVL; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Valentine
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/08ec0d105d7a41e5a55da185e46a972b

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) presents a protein that binds to penicillin, the PBP2a, encoded by the gene mecA, located in a mobile genetic element called the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCCmec). This study was conducted to examine the antimicrobial susceptibility, Pant...