Molecular characterization of typing and subtyping of Staphylococcal cassette chromosome SCC types I to V in methicillin-resistant from clinical isolates from COVID-19 patients.

Background And Objectives: Methicillin resistance is acquired by the bacterium due to gene which codes for penicillin-binding protein (PBP2a) having low affinity for β-lactam antibiotics. gene is located on a mobile genetic element called staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC). SCC genomic island comprises two site-specific recombinase genes namely and [cassette chromosome recombinase] accountable for mobility.