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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cluster Analysis
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Exotoxins / genetics
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Leukocidins / genetics
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Male
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
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Middle Aged
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Molecular Typing*
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South Africa / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Virulence Factors / genetics
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Young Adult
Substances
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Bacterial Toxins
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Exotoxins
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Leukocidins
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Virulence Factors