Absence of the mecC gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various clinical samples: The first multi-centered study in Turkey

• Main Authors: Aytekin Cikman (Author), Merve Aydin (Author), Baris Gulhan (Author), Faruk Karakecili (Author), Muhammet G. Kurtoglu (Author), Serife Yuksekkaya (Author), Mehmet Parlak (Author), Bilge S. Gultepe (Author), Aysegul C. Cicek (Author), Fulya B. Bilman (Author), Ihsan H. Ciftci (Author), Murat Kara (Author), Selahattin Atmaca (Author), Tuncer Ozekinci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: mecA is a predefined gene causing methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) isolates; however, it has been shown that some methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains do not carry this gene. Recently, in isolates found to be MRSA-positive but mecA-negative, a new res...