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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2005, p. 5129-5132, Vol. 49, No. 12
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.12.5129-5132.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Type V Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec in Community Staphylococci from Australia

F. G. O'Brien,1* G. W. Coombs,1,2 J. C. Pearson,2 K. J. Christiansen,1,2 and W. B. Grubb1

Gram-Positive Bacteria Typing and Research Unit, Molecular Genetics Research Unit, School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University of Technology,1 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia2

Received 12 May 2005/ Returned for modification 11 August 2005/ Accepted 8 September 2005

Twenty Australian community staphylococci harboring the type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) were found to belong to eight multilocus sequence types. Five were previously unreported novel type V SCCmec elements. The mec complexes were of two types, based on the polymorphisms in the IS431 transposase genes. Five isolates were multiresistant.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia. Phone: 61 8 92240302. Fax: 61 8 92240303. E-mail: F.G.O'Brien{at}curtin.edu.au.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2005, p. 5129-5132, Vol. 49, No. 12
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.12.5129-5132.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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