Beltrame CO, Botelho AMN, Silva-Carvalho MC, Souza RR, Bonelli RR, Ramundo MS, Guimarães MA, Coelho LR, Figueiredo AMS. Restriction modification (RM) tests associated to additional molecular markers for screening prevalent MRSA clones in Brazil.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012;
31:2011-6. [PMID:
22240854 DOI:
10.1007/s10096-011-1534-1]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 12/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
In this study, we associated the restriction modification (RM) tests to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of molecular markers (SCCmec III, seh, agr II-SCCmec IV, and lukSF) for revealing the main methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones circulating in Brazil. This simple and rapid approach allowed a precise classification of the MRSA analyzed when compared with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) data.
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