Characterisation of S. aureus/MRSA CC1153 and review of mobile genetic elements carrying the fusidic acid resistance gene fusC

Abstract While many data on molecular epidemiology of MRSA are available for North America, Western Europe and Australia, much less is known on the distribution of MRSA clones elsewhere. Here, we describe a poorly known lineage from the Middle East, CC1153, to which several strains from humans and l...

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Main Authors: Stefan Monecke, Elke Müller, Sascha D. Braun, Marc Armengol-Porta, Michèle Bes, Samar Boswihi, Maged El-Ashker, Ines Engelmann, Darius Gawlik, Mayada Gwida, Helmut Hotzel, Rania Nassar, Annett Reissig, Antje Ruppelt-Lorz, Abiola Senok, Ali M. Somily, Edet E. Udo, Ralf Ehricht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86273-4