Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. carrying the mecC gene, isolated from wildlife

Objectives A recently identified mecA homologue, mecC , in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been isolated from humans and different animal hosts. The aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial resistance and provide molecular characterization of MRSA and methicillin-resis...

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Published in:Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Main Authors: Loncaric, Igor, Kübber-Heiss, Anna, Posautz, Annika, Stalder, Gabrielle L., Hoffmann, Daniel, Rosengarten, Renate, Walzer, Chris
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Access:http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/68/10/2222
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt186