title: Sequence type 72 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from humans, raw meat and soil in South Korea.
abstract: The characteristics and relationships of sequence type (ST) 72 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from humans, raw meat and soil in South Korea were investigated. Several close relationships based on molecular evidence such as staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type, spa gene type, PFGE, the presence of virulence genes and the nucleotide sequences of 12 chromosomal genes suggested the transmissibility of ST72 meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates among humans, livestock and the environment. In addition, the results indicated that ST72 MRSA may have originated from ST72 meticillin-susceptible S. aureus, but the acquisition of SCCmec has not occurred repeatedly.
authors.affiliation: Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.|Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID), Seoul, Republic of Korea.|Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kwan Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Suk-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Suk-Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Je Moon
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.|Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*