GeneXpert Captures Unstable Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prone to Rapidly Losing the mecA Gene

A cefoxitin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain was identified by the Cepheid GeneXpert as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). This strain was highly unstable and rapidly lost SCCmec upon subculturing in vitro, indicating that unstable MRSA is best detected by gene amplification-based metho...

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Main Authors: Ciardo, Diana E., Burger, Sibylle, Payer, Michael, Lee, Christian, McCallum, Nadine
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916610/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534797
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02113-09
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