Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected in Asunción, Paraguay.
We characterized 34 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Paraguay in 2005. The strains belonged to two clones. The major clone (sequence type 5 [ST5] or ST221, spa type t149, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec [SCCmec] type I) was similar to the Cordobes/Chilean clone spreading through South America, and the minor clone (ST239 or ST889, spa type t037, SCCmec type IIIA) was related to the Brazilian clone.
Mayor
Lys
L
Microbiology Department, Central Laboratory, Hospital de Clinicas, Asunción, Paraguay, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Faculté Laennec, F-69008 Lyon, France.
Ortellado
Juana
J
Menacho
Carmen
C
Lird
Graciela
G
Courtier
Christine
C
Gardon
Christine
C
Meugnier
Hélène
H
Bes
Michèle
M
Vandenesch
François
F
Etienne
Jerome
J
D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010239:Paraguay / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics