DNA Microarray Profiling of a Diverse Collection of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Assigns the Majority to the Correct Sequence Type and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Type and Results in the Subsequent Identification and Characterization of Novel SCCmec-SCCM1 Composite Islands
Novel PCR primers used in the study to characterize novel SCCmec-SCC elements (Table S1) and main characteristics of the SCCmec types and subtypes investigated during the present study (Table S2).