title: Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes from Rio de Janeiro hospitals.
abstract: In a collection of 50 pvl-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 10 Rio de Janeiro hospitals, 18 (36%) were from bloodstream infections, and 31 (62%) carried the SCCmec IV. Among 25 (50%) isolates of the USA1100/ST30/CC30 lineage present in 8 hospitals, 1 isolate was characterized as vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raiane Cardoso
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chamon
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Básicas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natalia Lopes Pontes
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sthefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: da Silva Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Sampaio
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: santoskrn@micro.ufrj.br.
authors.forename: Kátia Regina Netto
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D001938:Brazil; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin
keywords: Panton-Valentine leukocidin; Staphylococcus aureus; USA1100/ST30/CC30; Vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus