title: Molecular characterization of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in South Africa.
abstract: Eighty-two percent of 320 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from various infection sites collected throughout South Africa were separated into five major globally prevalent clusters by SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa, and SCCmec typing. Only one Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolate was detected. This is the first detailed MRSA epidemiology study for the whole country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Stigbøjlen 4, Frederiksberg C 1870, Copenhagen, Denmark. asm@life.ku.dk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moodley
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Oosthuysen
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dusé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D037521:Virulence Factors