title: Detection of a new community genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone that is unrelated to the USA300 clone and that causes pediatric infections in Colombia.
abstract: The dissemination of a clone of community genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) that is related to USA300 has been reported in Latin America. We recently detected isolates of a new clone of CG-MRSA (spa type t1635 and ACME-negative) that was genetically unrelated to the USA300 clone and that causes infections in children in Colombia. This finding indicates the appearance of a new clone of CG-MRSA in our region.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.
authors.forename: Javier Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: Ricaurte Alejandro
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Marquez-Ortiz
authors.forename: Martha I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Olmos
authors.forename: Aura Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Betsy Esperanza
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vanegas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology