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

• 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

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.