Catarina Milheiriço1, Duarte C. Oliveira1, Hermı́nia de Lencastre2,1
1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
2Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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ABSTRACT
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome
mec
(SCC
mec
) typing is important for the identification and definition of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
clones, and for routine purposes, multiplex PCR assays are the most adequate for SCC
mec
typing. Here, we describe an update to the multiplex PCR strategy for SCC
mec
typing that we described in 2002 so that SCC
mec
types IV and V may be properly identified.
