Epidemiologic distribution of the arginine catabolic mobile element among selected methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Richard V. Goering; Linda K. McDougal; Greg E. Fosheim; Kristin K. Bonnstetter; Daniel J. Wolter; Fred C. Tenover

doi:10.1128/JCM.00273-07

Epidemiologic distribution of the arginine catabolic mobile element among selected methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Richard V. Goering, Linda K. McDougal, Greg E. Fosheim, Kristin K. Bonnstetter, Daniel J. Wolter, Fred C. Tenover

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

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Abstract

We tested 214 Staphylococcus aureus isolates for the arcA locus of the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). All USA300 SCCmec IVa isolates, but no isolates containing other SCCmec 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1981-1984
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00273-07
State	Published - Jun 2007

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Microbiology (medical)

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Epidemiologic distribution of the arginine catabolic mobile element among selected methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates. / Goering, Richard V.; McDougal, Linda K.; Fosheim, Greg E.; Bonnstetter, Kristin K.; Wolter, Daniel J.; Tenover, Fred C.

In: Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 45, No. 6, 06.2007, p. 1981-1984.

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