An advanced methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) detection PCR approach targeting SCCmec-orfX along with mecA and mecC was evaluated for S. aureus and …

Resistance to β-lactams in MRSA is conferred by the acquisition of a mobile genetic element, the staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCCmec) carrying the mecA gene which encodes an …

Gold standard for detecting oxacillin/nafcillin resistance in Staphylococcus species. Determine presence of mec A/ mec C genes that confer resistance to nearly all beta-lactam antibiotics. …

The mecA gene, which is 2.1 kb in length, is located on a mobile genomic island, that is called staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) (Ito et al., 2003). At the moment, seven …

2019年5月25日 · Sixty nine percentage of all Staph. aureus isolates showed negative results of mecC gene. The current results of were established the significance of mecC gene in MRSA …

In this review, the objective was to describe current knowledge about mecC detection in humans and its possible clinical implications, as well as to determine the infection types associated …

This homologue, designated mecC, poses diagnostic problems with the potential to be misdiagnosed as methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, with important potential consequences for …

2023年3月13日 · Recently, Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) element mutations produced mecC, a new genetic variant that encodes a transpeptidase enzyme (63% …

2020年10月1日 · Methicillin resistance in staphylococci is associated with mec genes (mecA, mecC) located on mobile genetic element known as staphylococcal cassette chromosome …

2017年5月23日 · Methicillin resistance is mediated by the expression of an altered penicillin-binding protein (PBP2 or PBP2a) encoded by methicillin-resistant gene variants (i.e., mecA, …