The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Paterson, Gavin K.; Harrison, Ewan M.; Holmes, Mark A.

Abstract

The report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) encoding a divergent mecA gene in 2011 was highly significant. This homologue, designated mecC, poses diagnostic problems with the potential to be misdiagnosed as methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, with important potential consequences for individual patients and for the surveillance of MRSA. mecC MRSA have now been reported from 13 European countries and have been isolated from 14 different host species, with evidence of a recent increase in Denmark. The emergence of mecC MRSA is a topic of interest to human and veterinary microbiology, and we consider it timely to review here its discovery and subsequent investigation.

Citation

Paterson, G. K., Harrison, E. M., & Holmes, M. A. (2014). The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Trends in microbiology, 22(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.003

• Online Publication Date: Dec 9, 2013
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jun 24, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 24, 2015
• Journal: Trends in microbiology
• Print ISSN: 0966-842X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 42-47
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.003
• Keywords: Microbiology (medical); Microbiology; Virology; Infectious Diseases
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/375748
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X13002266#
• Additional Information: Copy of article first published in: Trends in microbiology, 2014, v.22, issue 1
• Contract Date: Jun 24, 2015