SCCmec

PCR-based methods

• Zhang K, McClure JA, Elsayed S, Louie T, Conly JM. (2005)

Novel multiplex PCR assay for characterization and concomitant subtyping of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 43(10):5026-5033

• Kondo Y, Ito T, Ma XX, Watanabe S, Kreiswirth BN, Etienne J et al. (2007)

Combination of multiplex PCRs for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type assignment: rapid identification system for mec, ccr, and major differences in junkyard regions. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51(1):264–274

• Milheirico C, Oliveira DC, de Lencastre H (2007)

Multiplex PCR strategy for subtyping the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: ‘SCCmec IV multiplex’. J Antimicrob Chemother  60(1):42-48

Update to the multiplex PCR strategy for assignment of mec element types in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51(9):3374–3377

• Zhang K, McClure JA, Conly JM (2012)

Enhanced multiplex PCR assay for typing of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Cell Probes 26(5):218–221