Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee

Am J Infect Control. 2016 Dec 1;44(12):1681-1683. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.031. Epub 2016 Sep 19.

Abstract

Indoor skin-contact surfaces of public fitness centers may serve as reservoirs of potential human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We found a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) MRSA of clonal complex 59 lineage harboring a variety of extracellular toxin genes from surface swab samples collected from inanimate surfaces of fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee. Our findings underscore the role of inanimate surfaces as potential sources of transmission of MDR MRSA strains with considerable genetic diversity.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Community-acquired infections; Fomites; MRSA; Multiple antibacterial drug resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Environmental Microbiology*
  • Fitness Centers*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Typing
  • Tennessee

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins