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The origin of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate at a neonatal ward in Sweden-possible horizontal transfer of a staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus aureusC Berglund
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Clin Microbiol Infect 14:1048-56. 2008..aureus strain, thereby creating a new clone of MRSA that caused the outbreak...
Community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia caused by an unusual methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain with sequence type 36, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genesB Soderquist
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Orebro University Hospital, 70185, Orebro, Sweden
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25:604-6. 2006
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus in Sweden carries various types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)B Soderquist
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Clin Microbiol Infect 15:1176-8. 2009..Eight Swedish isolates of mecA-positive S. saprophyticus with diverse origin carrying at least three different types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) are described here...
Simultaneous presence of an invasive and a carrier strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a familyB Soderquist
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Orebro University Hospital, SE 70185 Orebro, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 40:987-9. 2008..We describe a case of bacteraemia and osteomyelitis due to CA-MRSA and the simultaneous presence of 2 clones of MRSA in a family, 1 strain with an invasive capacity and another strain colonizing several family members...
Predominance of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Swedish county and presence of unknown SCCmec types with Panton-Valentine leukocidin genesC Berglund
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Clin Microbiol Infect 11:447-56. 2005..Only SCCmec type IV has been associated previously with the PVL toxin, but the results suggest that new PVL-positive clones with novel SCCmec types may be arising and disseminating in the community...
