TY - JOUR AU - Wang, Jann-Tay AU - Fang, Chi-Tai AU - Chen, Yee-Chun AU - Wu, Chia-Ling AU - Chen, Mei-Ling AU - Chang, Shan-Chwen T1 - Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec in MRSA, Taiwan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 494 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the predominant staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) mec element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, we typed 190 isolates from a hospital in Taiwan. We found a shift from type IV to type III SCCmec element during 1992–2003, perhaps caused by selective pressure from indiscriminate use of antimicrobial drugs. KW - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - multilocus sequence typing KW - SCCmec KW - dispatch KW - Taiwan DO - 10.3201/eid1303.060247 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-0247_article ER - End of Reference