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 principales: Duarte, Felipe Crepaldi, Tavares, Eliandro Reis, Danelli, Tiago, Ribeiro, Maria Alice Galvão, Yamauchi, Lucy Megumi, Yamada-Ogatta, Sueli Fumie, Perugini, Marcia Regina Eches
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30043936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860032
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Sumario: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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