Absence of the mecC gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various clinical samples: The first multi-centered study in Turkey

Cikman A., Aydin M., Gulhan B., KARAKEÇİLİ F., Kurtoglu M. G., Yuksekkaya S., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.12, sa.4, ss.528-533, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.01.063
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.528-533
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Methicillin resistance, Staphylococcus aureus, mecC, mecA, Turkey, VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENES, HOMOLOG, STRAINS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, TRANSMISSION, PREVALENCE, EMERGENCE, DENMARK, MRSA
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: mecA is a predefined gene causing methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) isolates; however, it has been shown that some methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains do not carry this gene. Recently, in isolates found to be MRSA-positive but mecA-negative, a new resistance gene called mecC, which is a homolog of mecA, has been reported. This study aimed to investigate the mecC and mecA genes in MRSA strains isolated from different geographic regions in Turkey.