Type IV SCCmec found in decade old Brazilian MRSA isolates

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) commonly causes infection in hospitalized patients. Since its appearance in the 1960s, the SCCmec has evolved throughout the years into 5 different types (I-V), each bearing a different set of genes. Infection with MRSA SCCmec types I, II or III is...

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Main Authors: Cristina Reinert, John Anthony McCulloch, Shinya Watanabe, Teruyo Ito, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Elsa Masae Mamizuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000300010&lng=en&tlng=en