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

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...

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Autores: Duarte, Felipe Crepaldi; Tavares, Eliandro Reis; Danelli, Tiago; Ribeiro, Maria Alice Galvão; Yamauchi, Lucy Megumi; Yamada-Ogatta, Sueli Fumie; Perugini, Marcia Regina Eches
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Estado:Published version
Data de publicação:2018
País:Brasil
Recursos:IMT
Repositório:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Idioma:Inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/151602
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/151602
Nível de acesso:Acesso aberto
Palavra-chave:MRSA
Multi-drug resistance
PVL
Toxic shock syndrome toxin
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Resumo: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.