Prevalence of SCCmec types among Methicillin resistant Coagulase negative Staphylococci isolated from HIV patients in Chennai, South India
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Background Methicillin resistant Coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) are opportunistic pathogens among HIVAIDS patients and serve as a large reservoir of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) that carries mecA. Very little is known about the prevalent SCCmec types among MRCoNS from HIV patients and its molecular epidemiology. Hence, this study was aimed at determining the distribution of SCCmec elements amongst MRCoNS isolates from HIV infected patients from Chennai, South India.
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