Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a Brazilian university hospital

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T13:10:55Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T13:10:55Z
dc.date.created2014-12-03T13:10:55Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-01
dc.identifierBrazilian Journal Of Infectious Diseases. Salvador: Contexto, v. 18, n. 3, p. 331-335, 2014.
dc.identifier1413-8670
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/112642
dc.identifier10.1016/j.bjid.2013.11.003
dc.identifierWOS:000339136900014
dc.identifierWOS000339136900014.pdf
dc.identifier0115647772315973
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to perform SCCmec typing in Staphylococcus aureus isolates and to characterize the clonal profile of these isolates. Forty-six mecA gene-positive strains isolated between 2002 and 2006 were submitted to antimicrobial resistance testing by the E-test, SCCmec typing by multiplex PCR, and clonal profile analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Forty-one (89.1%) isolates were typed as SCCmec III and five (10.9%) as SCCmec IV. Four circulating clones were detected, one of them comprising isolates related to the Brazilian epidemic clone. This clone was detected throughout the study period. The SCCmec III isolates were associated with a high rate of multidrug resistance and clonal dissemination of methicillin-resistant S. aureus in the wards of the University Hospital of the Botucatu School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista. (C) 2013 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherContexto
dc.relationBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation2.083
dc.relation0,817
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectStaphylococcus aureus
dc.subjectMRSA
dc.subjectSCCmec
dc.subjectBEC
dc.titleMolecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a Brazilian university hospital
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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