Shared reservoir of ccrB gene sequences between coagulase-negative staphylococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

The high rate of identical ccrB sequences in a geographically, temporally and genotypically diverse set of S. aureus and CoNS isolates indicates frequent horizontal transfer of SCCmec between CoNS and S. aureus, which may have contributed to the emergence of MRSA.