Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec: recent advances and new insights

AC Shore, DC Coleman - International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) elements are complex mobile genetic
elements that often carry antimicrobial resistance and in some cases virulence-associated …

Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus isolates: the “mec alphabet” with specific consideration of mecC, a mec homolog associated with zoonotic S. aureus lineages

K Becker, B Ballhausen, R Köck… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Livestock-associated (LA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
have globally emerged during the past decade. In Europe, this was particularly due to the …

A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

S Monecke, G Coombs, AC Shore, DC Coleman… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
In recent years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become a truly
global challenge. In addition to the long-known healthcare-associated clones, novel strains …

Detection of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type XI Carrying Highly Divergent mecA, mecI, mecR1, blaZ, and ccr Genes in Human Clinical Isolates of Clonal …

AC Shore, EC Deasy, P Slickers… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methicillin resistance in staphylococci is mediated by penicillin binding protein 2a (PBP 2a),
encoded by mecA on mobile staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) …

Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Other Catalase‐Positive Cocci

K Becker, RL Skov, C von Eiff - Manual of clinical microbiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter discusses mainly those Gram‐positive cocci that were members of the former
family Micrococcaceae prior to its redefinition. The genera have now been rearranged in …

Success through diversity–how Staphylococcus epidermidis establishes as a nosocomial pathogen

SMK Schoenfelder, C Lange, M Eckart… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus epidermidis normally is a commensal inhabitant of the healthy human skin
and mucosa, but also a common nosocomial pathogen in immunocompromised patients …

The genotype-to-phenotype dilemma: how should laboratories approach discordant susceptibility results?

R Yee, J Dien Bard, PJ Simner - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Traditional culture-based methods for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
(AST) of bacteria take 2 to 3 days on average. Syndromic molecular diagnostic panels have …

Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Ty**

L Chen, JR Mediavilla, DC Oliveira… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rapid identification and ty** of methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) is important for understanding the molecular epidemiology and evolution of MRSA …

Characterization of a Novel Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) and Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec Composite Island with Significant Homology …

AC Shore, AS Rossney, OM Brennan… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) is prevalent among methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates of sequence type 8 (ST8) and staphylococcal …

Emerging variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes in Kuwait hospitals

SS Boswihi, EE Udo, S Monecke, B Mathew… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Frequent changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) occurring worldwide demand regular surveillance to study their composition …