Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec and Panton-Valentine leukocidin characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones |
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| Authors: | Moroney Shannon M Heller Loree C Arbuckle Jesse Talavera Monica Widen Ray H |
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| Institution: | Esoteric Testing, Department of Pathology, Tampa General Hospital, P.O. Box 1289, Tampa, Florida 33601, USA. smoroney@tgh.org |
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| Abstract: | Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene carriage were compared among suspected community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (CA-MRSA) and health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) isolates. CA-MRSA isolates carried the SCCmec type IV complex, and most were PVL positive. The HA-MRSA isolates carried the SCCmec type II complex and did not harbor the PVL genes. |
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