MecA-related structure in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from street food in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic-resistant patterns, a mecA homologue complex, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) were analysed in samples of ready-to-eat (RTE) street food in Taiwan. RTE food samples (270) were collected in three densely populated Taiwanese cities between June and November 2014. Among 14 strains being identified as methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCoNS), genetic diversities was determined by PFGE analysis. SCCmec types IV, V, VIII and TXG-24 were detected in 9, and mecA_Ss (a mecA homologue) detected in 8. The mecA_Ss gene complex from S. sciuri subsp. sciuri TXG-24 was found to be closely related to those found in both S. sciuri subsp. sciuri (ATCC29062) and S. sciuri subsp. rodentium (ATCC700061). SCCmec_TXG24 carries a

SUBMITTER: Yang TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5299846 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature