Strategies of adaptation of Staphylococcus epidermidis to hospital and community: amplification and diversification of SCCmec | Zendy

Joana Rolo | Zendy; Hermı́nia de Lencastre | Zendy; Maria Miragaia | Zendy

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Strategies of adaptation of Staphylococcus epidermidis to hospital and community: amplification and diversification of SCCmec

Author(s) -

Joana Rolo,

Hermı́nia de Lencastre,

Maria Miragaia

Publication year - 2012

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/dks068

Subject(s) - sccmec , staphylococcus epidermidis , staphylococcus aureus , adaptation (eye) , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcaceae , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , genetics , bacteria , neuroscience

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a harmless commensal, but it can become a human pathogen, mainly in the hospital environment. In order to clarify strategies used by these bacteria to adapt to the hospital environment, we compared the population structure and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) content of S. epidermidis from the community and hospital.

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