Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types among methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci in central Iran

Background and Objectives: Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) are important nosocomial pathogens. They may serve as a reservoir of SCCmec, the genomic island encoding amongst other methicillin resistance. This study was designed to determine the distribution of differe...

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Main Authors: Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad, Nasimeh Fard-Mousavi, Ali Shahsavari, Ali Japoni-Nejad, Alex Van Belkum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/1230