Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus argenteus infections in Thailand

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Mar;53(3):1005-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03049-14. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

Abstract

Molecular typing of 246 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from unselected patients in Thailand showed that 10 (4.1%) were actually Staphylococcus argenteus. Contrary to the suggestion that S. argenteus is less virulent than S. aureus, we demonstrated comparable rates of morbidity, death, and health care-associated infection in patients infected with either of these two species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / mortality
  • Cross Infection / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Typing
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / mortality
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
  • Staphylococcus / classification*
  • Staphylococcus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thailand / epidemiology
  • Young Adult