High prevalence of the arginine catabolic mobile element in carriage isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis | Zendy

François Barbier | Zendy; David Lebeaux | Zendy; David Hernández | Zendy; AnneSophie Delannoy | Zendy; Valérie Caro | Zendy; Patrice François | Zendy; Jacques Schrenzel | Zendy; Étienne Ruppé | Zendy; Kévin Gaillard | Zendy; Michel Wolff | Zendy; Sylvain Brisse | Zendy; Antoine Andremont | Zendy; Raymond Ruimy | Zendy

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High prevalence of the arginine catabolic mobile element in carriage isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

Author(s) -

François Barbier,

David Lebeaux,

David Hernández,

AnneSophie Delannoy,

Valérie Caro,

Patrice François,

Jacques Schrenzel,

Étienne Ruppé,

Kévin Gaillard,

Michel Wolff,

Sylvain Brisse,

Antoine Andremont,

Raymond Ruimy

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkq410

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , sccmec , biology , staphylococcus epidermidis , mobile genetic elements , typing , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , genotype , gene , bacteria , genome

he arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) associated with staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) in the USA300 clone of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus enhances its fitness and ability to colonize the host. Staphylococcus epidermidis may act as a reservoir of ACME for S. aureus. We assessed the diffusion of ACME in methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE) isolates colonizing outpatients.

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