Novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome composite island (SCC-CI) with a new subtype of SCCmecVI cassette found in ST5 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France

Olivier Barraud (1, 2, 3) , Frederic Laurent (4) , Virginie Dyon-Tafani , Celine Dupieux-Chabert , Michele Bes , Marie-Cecile Ploy (1, 2, 3) , Fabien Garnier (1, 2, 3) , Patricia Martins Simoes (4)

1 Service de Bactériologie, Virologie, Hygiène [CHU Limoges]
2 RESINFIT - Anti-infectieux : supports moléculaires des résistances et innovations thérapeutiques
3 LERFoB - Laboratoire d'Etudes des Ressources Forêt-Bois
4 StaPath - Pathogénie des Staphylocoques – Staphylococcal Pathogenesis

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Olivier Barraud, Frederic Laurent, Virginie Dyon-Tafani, Celine Dupieux-Chabert, Michele Bes, et al.. Novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome composite island (SCC-CI) with a new subtype of SCCmecVI cassette found in ST5 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2019, 53, pp.694 - 697. ⟨10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.03.015⟩. ⟨hal-03485042⟩