Detección de cassette cromosómico en cepas de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina aisladas en un hospital universitario de la ciudad de Maracaibo

• Main Authors: Romero A. Sonia, Castellano-Gonzalez Maribel, Perozo-Mena Armindo, Rincón V. Gresleida, Zabala R, Diana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2018
• Subjects: Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina; técnicas de tipificación bacteriana; factores de virulencia; Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; bacterial typing techniques; virulence factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Cadena; Valentine
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/230536fa14b44387ae63cf62929d5d9b

Abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an important nosocomial and community pathogen. The genetic determinant of resistance is the mecA gene. 11 types of SCCmec have been described, with types II, III frequently found in hospital infections, and types IV and V in community infecti...