doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3093-3097.2002.
Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by assaying for the presence of variable elements associated with mecA
Affiliations
- PMID: 12149390
- PMCID: PMC120667
- DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3093-3097.2002
Item in Clipboard
Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by assaying for the presence of variable elements associated with mecA
J Clin Microbiol.
2002 Aug.
Abstract
The region surrounding mecA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly variable. We describe an approach for the rapid genotyping of MRSA by assaying for the presence or absence of variable or mobile elements previously shown to be associated with the mecA region.
Similar articles
-
[Clonal diffusion and evolution of mecA and Tn554 polymorphisms in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Italy].Infez Med. 2001 Mar;9(1):30-8. Infez Med. 2001. PMID: 12082347 Italian.
-
Similarity of antibiotic resistance patterns and molecular typing properties of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates widely spread in hospitals in New York City and in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan.Microb Drug Resist. 2000 Fall;6(3):253-8. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2000.6.253. Microb Drug Resist. 2000. PMID: 11144426
-
The evolution of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: similarity of genetic backgrounds in historically early methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates and contemporary epidemic clones.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Aug 14;98(17):9865-70. doi: 10.1073/pnas.161272898. Epub 2001 Jul 31. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001. PMID: 11481426 Free PMC article.
-
[MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)].Nihon Rinsho. 2003 Mar;61 Suppl 3:164-70. Nihon Rinsho. 2003. PMID: 12717966 Review. Japanese. No abstract available.
-
[Genetic diagnosis of MRSA infection by PCR method].Nihon Rinsho. 1992 Jul;50 Suppl:339-42. Nihon Rinsho. 1992. PMID: 1404918 Review. Japanese. No abstract available.
Cited by
-
Molecular diagnostics of clinically important staphylococci.Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2004;49(4):353-86. doi: 10.1007/BF03354664. Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2004. PMID: 15530002 Review.
-
mecA Locus diversity in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Brisbane, Australia, and the development of a novel diagnostic procedure for the Western Samoan phage pattern clone.J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May;42(5):1947-55. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.1947-1955.2004. J Clin Microbiol. 2004. PMID: 15131153 Free PMC article.
-
Recognition of SCCmec types according to typing pattern determined by multienzyme multiplex PCR-amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):6042-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6042-6047.2005. J Clin Microbiol. 2005. PMID: 16333096 Free PMC article.
-
Insertion sequences as highly resolutive genomic markers for sequence type 1 Legionella pneumophila Paris.J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):315-24. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01261-10. Epub 2010 Oct 27. J Clin Microbiol. 2011. PMID: 20980561 Free PMC article.
-
Decoding the evolutionary history of ST30 Staphylococcus aureus: insights into a potentially silent MSSA bloodstream pathogen.Front Microbiol. 2025 Apr 9;16:1522747. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1522747. eCollection 2025. Front Microbiol. 2025. PMID: 40270815 Free PMC article.
References
-
- Corso, A., I. Santos Sanches, M. Aires de Sousa, A. Rossi, and H. de Lencastre. 1998. Spread of a methicillin-resistant and multiresistant epidemic clone of Staphylococcus aureus in Argentina. Microb. Drug Resist. 4:277-288. - PubMed
-
- Cox, R. A., C. Conquest, C. Mallaghan, and R. R. Marples. 1995. A major outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus caused by a new phage type (EMRSA-16). J. Hosp. Infect. 29:87-106. - PubMed
-
- Day, N. P. J., C. E. Moore, M. C. Enright, A. R. Berendt, J. M. Smith, M. F. Murphy, S. J. Peacock, B. J. Spratt, and E. J. Feil. 2001. A link between virulence and ecological abundance in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus. Science 292:114-116. - PubMed
Publication types
MeSH terms
Substances
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Molecular Biology Databases
