Epidemiologic Distribution of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element among Selected Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (6), 1981-1984
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00273-07
Abstract
We tested 214 Staphylococcus aureus isolates for the arcA locus of the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). All USA300 SCC mec IVa isolates, but no isolates containing other SCC mec subtypes, were arcA positive. arcA was also detected in selected methicillin-susceptible USA300 and methicillin-resistant USA100 isolates. DNA sequence analysis confirmed the integration of ACME in orfX .Keywords
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