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The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) encoding a divergent mecA gene in 2011 was highly significant. This homologue, designated mecC, poses diagnostic problems with the potential to be misdiagnosed as methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, with important potential consequences f...

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Main Authors: Paterson, Gavin K., Harrison, Ewan M., Holmes, Mark A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier Trends Journals 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3989053/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24331435
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.003
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