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immune evasion

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Validation StatusCandidate

Overview

Validation Method: PCR detection of the scn gene in MRSA isolates
Drug Classes: methicillin
Organisms: Staphylococcus aureus
Geographic Location: eastern North Carolina
Papers: 1
Databases: Reslit

Papers1

A case control study of environmental and occupational exposures associated with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients admitted to a rural tertiary care hospital in a high density swine region.

PMID 24958086 · 2014

The study identified the scn gene as being present in all 49 culture-positive MRSA isolates, indicating its prevalence in MRSA nasal carriage among patients in the study area.

Gene Information

Gene Name: scn
Allele: scn
Encodes: immune evasion
Source Database: Reslit
Confers Resistance To: methicillin
Organisms Tested In: • Staphylococcus aureus
Geographic Location: eastern North Carolina
Validation Method: PCR detection of the scn gene in MRSA isolates

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