The prevalence, antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci recovered from non-healthcare settings in London, UK

The prevalence, antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci recovered from non-healthcare settings in London, UK

Abstract Background Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) are important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes and associated mobile genetic elements and are believed to contribute to the emergence of successful methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones. Although, these bacteria...

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Main Authors: Zhen Xu, Haroun N. Shah, Raju Misra, Jiazhen Chen, Wenhong Zhang, Yuting Liu, Ronald R. Cutler, Hermine V. Mkrtchyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
CoNS
Antibiotic resistance
SCCmec
MLST
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-018-0367-4

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