Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) commonly causes infection in hospitalized patients. Since its appearance in the 1960s, the SCCmec has evolved throughout the years into 5 different types (I-V), each bearing ...

The objective this study was to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in clinical and/or surveillance cultures of patients seen at a Brazilian teaching hospital and to associate their detection with the ...

Background: The mecA gene is included in a genomic element designed as staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec – SCCmec, with 14 decribed types, integrated to S. aureus chromosome and located near its replication origin. ...

The aim of this study was to perform SCCmec typing in Staphylococcus aureus isolates and to characterize the clonal profile of these isolates. Forty-six mecA gene-positive strains isolated between 2002 and 2006 were submitted ...

La resistencia antimicrobiana es un grave problema de salud pública, el Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina es una de las causas de infecciones bacterianas a nivel mundial. (Castellano González & Perozo- Mena, ...

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) may be considered contaminants when isolated from clinical specimens but may also be a cause of true infection. This study aimed to compare the clonality and SCCmec type of a collection ...

General objective: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) collected from bloodcultures from several centers participants of Brazilian SCOPE Project, from June 2007 to July 2009. ...

Infecções causadas por Staphylococcus aureus Resistentes à Oxacilina (ORSA) são mundialmente estabelecidas como um problema de saúde pública, uma vez que, o potencial de patogenicidade de S. aureus tem grande ...