TY - JOUR AU - Xu, Zhen AU - Shah, Haroun N. AU - Misra, Raju AU - Chen, Jiazhen AU - Zhang, Wenhong AU - Liu, Yuting AU - Cutler, Ronald R. AU - Mkrtchyan, Hermine V. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/06/13 TI - The prevalence, antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci recovered from non-healthcare settings in London, UK JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 73 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) are important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes and associated mobile genetic elements and are believed to contribute to the emergence of successful methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones. Although, these bacteria have been linked to various ecological niches, little is known about the dissemination and genetic diversity of antibiotic resistant CoNS in general public settings. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0367-4 DO - 10.1186/s13756-018-0367-4 ID - Xu2018 ER -