Dissemination of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in the community.
Multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones carrying type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec were identified in the community-acquired MRSA strains of both the United States and Australia. They multiplied much faster than health-care-associated MRSA and were resistant to fewer non-beta-lactam antibiotics. They seem to have been derived from more diverse S. aureus populations than health-care-associated MRSA strains.
Okuma
Keiko
K
Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. hiram@med.juntendo.ac.jp
Iwakawa
Kozue
K
Turnidge
John D
JD
Grubb
Warren B
WB
Bell
Jan M
JM
O'Brien
Frances G
FG
Coombs
Geoffrey W
GW
Pearman
John W
JW
Tenover
Fred C
FC
Kapi
Maria
M
Tiensasitorn
Chuntima
C
Ito
Teruyo
T
Hiramatsu
Keiichi
K
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents