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In routine clinical laboratory practice, the coagulase production is used as criterion of pathogenicity related to S.\n aureus<\/jats:italic>\n , but S.\n intermedius<\/jats:italic>\n is frequently misidentified\u2014being mistaken for S.\n aureus<\/jats:italic>\n \u2014and consequently its real incidence underestimated. S.\n intermedius<\/jats:italic>\n have been found only occasionally in human beings, and methicillin-resistance is very rare for this organism. Even if the genetic element responsible for methicillin-resistance\u2014the\n mecA<\/jats:italic>\n gene carried by diverse staphylococcal chromosomal cassettes\u2014has been described in various staphylococcal species, the current literature doesn't report any case of S.\n intermedius<\/jats:italic>\n isolate carrying\n SCCmec<\/jats:italic>\n -like elements. Our study could be useful to explain the mechanism and routes of transfer of the chromosomal cassette carrying the\n mec<\/jats:italic>\n complex, among staphylococci.\n <\/jats:bold>\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,5,30]],"date-time":"2007-05-30T12:32:36Z","timestamp":1180528356000},"page":"7-10","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Characterization of a Variant of the SCC\n mec<\/i>\n Element in a Bloodstream Isolate of\n Staphylococcus intermedius<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Floriana","family":"Campanile","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Science, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dafne","family":"Bongiorno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Science, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sonia","family":"Borbone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Science, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mario","family":"Venditti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maddalena","family":"Giannella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cristiana","family":"Franchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefania","family":"Stefani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Science, Policlinico Umberto I, Universities of Catania and Roma \u201cLa Sapienza,\u201d Italy."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2007,3]]},"container-title":["Microbial Drug Resistance"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T20:23:46Z","timestamp":1777667026000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2007,3]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1089\/mdr.2006.9991","relation":{},"ISSN":["1076-6294","1931-8448"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1076-6294","type":"print"},{"value":"1931-8448","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2007,3]]}}}