Detection of mecA Genes in Hospital-Acquired MRSA and SOSA Strains Associated with Biofilm Formation
Rosa González-Vázquez,
María Guadalupe Córdova-Espinoza,
Alejandro Escamilla-Gutiérrez
et al.
Abstract:Methicillin-resistant (MR) Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and others, except for Staphylococcus aureus (SOSA), are common in healthcare-associated infections. SOSA encompass largely coagulase-negative staphylococci, including coagulase-positive staphylococcal species. Biofilm formation is encoded by the icaADBC operon and is involved in virulence. mecA encodes an additional penicillin-binding protein (PBP), PBP2a, that avoids the arrival of β-lactams at the target, found in the staphylococcal cassette chromosome m… Show more
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