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mecA gene

Description: The mecA gene is a bacterial resistance gene that encodes an altered penicillin-binding protein, conferring resistance to methicillin and related antibiotics.
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Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA
2002 · Tadashi Baba, Fumihiko Takeuchi, et al. · The Lancet · 1,370
Multiplex PCR Strategy for Rapid Identification of Structural Types and Variants of the mec Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2002 · Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermínia de Lencastre · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 1,343
Methicillin resistance in staphylococci: molecular and biochemical basis and clinical implications
1997 · H F Chambers · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · 1,128
A New Class of Genetic Element, Staphylococcus Cassette Chromosome mec , Encodes Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
2000 · Y. Katayama, T. Ito, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 1,038
Novel Multiplex PCR Assay for Characterization and Concomitant Subtyping of Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecTypes I to V in Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus
2005 · Kunyan Zhang, Jo-Ann McClure, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1,037
Structural Comparison of Three Types of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Integrated in the Chromosome in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2001 · Teruyo Ito, Yuki Katayama, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 964
Identification of methicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci by polymerase chain reaction
1991 · K Murakami, W Minamide, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 943
Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes in wastewater, surface water, and drinking water biofilms
2003 · Thomas Schwartz, Wolfgang Kohnen, et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 891
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Multiplex PCR for Detection of Genes for Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins, Exfoliative Toxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Methicillin Resistance
2000 · Manisha Mehrotra, Gehua Wang, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 750
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The evolution of Staphylococcus aureus
2008 · Ruud H. Deurenberg, Ellen E. Stobberingh · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 724
Novel Type V Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Driven by a Novel Cassette Chromosome Recombinase, ccrC
2004 · Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue Ma, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 677
Mechanisms of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
2015 · Sharon J. Peacock, Gavin K. Paterson · Annual Review of Biochemistry · 661
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The molecular evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2006 · R.H. Deurenberg, C. Vink, et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 597
Novel Type of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Identified in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains
2002 · Xiao Xue Ma, Teruyo Ito, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 587
Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Nine Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Staphylococcus aureus
2003 · Birgit Strommenger, Christiane Kettlitz, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 578
Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients with Bloodstream Infection: Frequencies of Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (United States and Canada, 1997)
1998 · Michael A. Pfaller, Ronald N. Jones, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 539
Ultraviolet Disinfection of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Water and Wastewater
2012 · Chad W. McKinney, Amy Pruden · Environmental Science & Technology · 533
Molecular Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance
2001 · Ad C. Fluit, Maarten R. Visser, et al. · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · 528
Methicillin (Oxacillin)-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Major Food Animals and Their Potential Transmission to Humans
2003 · John Hwa Lee · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 514
Community‐Acquired Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusInfections in France: Emergence of a Single Clone That Produces Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin
2002 · Philippe Dufour, Yves Gillet, et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 513
Secrets of success of a human pathogen: molecular evolution of pandemic clones of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2002 · Duarte C Oliveira, Alexander Tomasz, et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 494
Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study
2010 · V. Perreten, K. Kadlec, et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 488
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Antibiotic resistance in staphylococci
2000 · David M Livermore · International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents · 471
Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Determination of the Entire mec DNA of Pre-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus N315
1999 · T. Ito, Y. Katayama, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 450
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Natural History of Community‐Acquired Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusColonization and Infection in Soldiers
2004 · Michael W. Ellis, Duane R. Hospenthal, et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 448
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Citation count: 155,300
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