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Molecular characterization of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in South Africa.
- Source :
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Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2010 Dec; Vol. 48 (12), pp. 4608-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Sep 29. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Eighty-two percent of 320 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from various infection sites collected throughout South Africa were separated into five major globally prevalent clusters by SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa, and SCCmec typing. Only one Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolate was detected. This is the first detailed MRSA epidemiology study for the whole country.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Toxins genetics
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
Exotoxins genetics
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leukocidins genetics
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
South Africa epidemiology
Virulence Factors genetics
Young Adult
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus genetics
Molecular Typing
Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-660X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20881169
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01704-10