Establishment of ST30 as the predominant clonal type among community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Singapore.
The number of infections attributable to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Singapore is progressively increasing. Most cases in the past 2 years were caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolates belonging to sequence type 30, according to multilocus sequence typing. This has clearly become the predominant sequence type among CA-MRSA isolates in Singapore.
Hsu
Li-Yang
LY
Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, S169608 Singapore, Singapore. liyang_hsu@yahoo.com
Koh
Yin-Ling
YL
Chlebicka
Nidhi Loomba
NL
Tan
Thean-Yen
TY
Krishnan
Prabha
P
Lin
Raymond Tzer-Pin
RT
Tee
Nancy
N
Barkham
Timothy
T
Koh
Tse-Hsien
TH
D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial