Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Clonal Group ST239-MRSA-III Isolates in Singapore: Implications for PCR-Based Screening Tests

Authors :: Matthew T. G. Holden
Lynette Oon
Pei Yun Hon
Yan-Bing Zu
Tse Hsien Koh
Prabha Krishnan
Li Yang Hsu
Simon R. Harris
Kian Sing Chan
Thean Yen Tan
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2013.
Abstract: Espedido and coworkers found that up to 38.7% of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal group ST239-MRSA-III strains in a Sydney hospital carried an arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) type II variant that inserted between orfX and the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec

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