Staphylococcal cassette chroromosome mec (SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients attending Tengku Ampuan Afzan hospital (HTAA) in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Background: The adaptive power of Staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics lead to the emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in the early 1960s. The cause of resistance to methicillin is the acquisition of the mecA gene, situated on a mobile genetic element called the staphylococcal casset...

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Main Authors:	Mustafa, M. I, Alarosi, N. A., Mohammad Amjad, Nasser
Format:	Article
Language:	en
Published:	Elsevier 2012
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29251/1/1-s2.0-S1201971212007461-main.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/29251/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971212007461
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