Survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from two hospitals in El Paso, Texas.
Seventy-one percent of 76 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from two medical centers in El Paso, Texas, represent three similar pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types. Overall, six pulsed-field types were identified represented by multilocus sequence/staphylococcal chromosomal cassette DNA mec (SCCmec) types: ST5-MRSA-II; ST36-MRSA-II; ST8 (untypeable SCCmec); and a newly described clonal cluster 8 strain, ST507-MRSA-IV. This study demonstrates the presence of multiple-antibiotic-resistant epidemic MRSA clones in El Paso.
O'Brien
Frances G
FG
Gram-Positive Typing and Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology, and Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia.
Lim
Tien Tze
TT
Winnett
David C
DC
Coombs
Geoffrey W
GW
Pearson
Julie C
JC
Delgado
Alejandro
A
Langevin
Mark J
MJ
Cantore
Stephanie A
SA
Gonzalez
Leti
L
Gustafson
John E
JE
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006761:Hospitals; 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; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents