MRSA Harboring mecA Variant Gene mecC, France
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Marisa Haenni; Evelyne Lagier; Anne Tristan; Hubert Chardon; Frédéric Laurent; Jean-Yves Madec; Reverdy Me; Michèle Bes; François Vandenesch
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 9, Pp 1465-1467 (2012)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Subject
- Microbiology (medical)
Male
Epidemiology
mecALGA251
lcsh:Medicine
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
MRSA
Biology
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
medicine.disease_cause
Staphylococcal infections
Microbiology
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Bacterial protein
Bacterial Proteins
Genetic variation
Genotype
medicine
Humans
Penicillin-Binding Proteins
lcsh:RC109-216
mecA
bacteria
Gene
variant gene
Aged
Genetics
antimicrobial drug resistance
mecC
lcsh:R
Dispatch
Genetic Variation
New variant
Staphylococcal Infections
medicine.disease
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
animals
Infectious Diseases
Staphylococcus aureus
Cattle
France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1080-6059
1080-6040
We describe human cases and clustered animal cases of mecA(LGA251)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France. Our report confirms that this new variant has a large distribution in Europe. It may represent a public health threat because phenotypic and genotypic tests seem unable to detect this new resistance mechanism.