SCCmec Type IV, PVL-Negative, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Cystic Fibrosis Patients from Brazil.
Twenty seven S. aureus isolates were obtained from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients at a tertiary care hospital in Brazil. Nineteen (70.4%) were methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and eight (29.6%) methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Of the MRSA isolates, four had SCCmec type III and four had SCCmec type IV. PVL genes were not detected in any of the MSSA or MRSA isolates. New studies are necessary to evaluate the exact impact of these different MRSA clones in CF patients.
Mimica
Marcelo J
MJ
Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa De São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. mjmimica@hotmail.com
Berezin
Eitan N
EN
Damaceno
Neiva
N
Carvalho
Rozane B
RB
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001938:Brazil; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D037521:Virulence Factors