Disseminated Clonal Complex 5 (CC5) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec type II in a tertiary hospital of Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leading causes of human infections worldwide, with major dominant lineage circulating in particular geographical regions. The Brazilian Epidemic Clone (BEC, SCCmec III, ST 239) has been predominant in most Brazilian hospitals....

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Felipe Crepaldi Duarte, Eliandro Reis Tavares, Tiago Danelli, Maria Alice Galvão Ribeiro, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogatta, Marcia Regina Eches Perugini
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2018
Subjects:
MRSA
Multi-drug resistance
PVL
Toxic shock syndrome toxin
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201860032
https://doaj.org/article/64fce43a74284969b3260a82e5c8cebb
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Summary:ABSTRACT Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leading causes of human infections worldwide, with major dominant lineage circulating in particular geographical regions. The Brazilian Epidemic Clone (BEC, SCCmec III, ST 239) has been predominant in most Brazilian hospitals. Here, we report the prevalence of MRSA SCCmec type II exhibiting different STs, most of them belonging to CC5 in a tertiary hospital in Southern Brazil.

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