title: Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from blood in Rio de Janeiro displaying susceptibility profiles to non-β-lactam antibiotics.
abstract: The distinction between healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) and community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections has become increasingly blurred. We assessed the molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance profile for MRSA isolates from blood. Most of all (81.9%) isolates are related to known HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA epidemic lineages, such as, USA300, USA400, USA600, USA800 and USA1100. This is the first multicenter study in Rio de Janeiro.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandra Vidal Pedinotti
authors.initials: AVP
authors.lastname: Zuma
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danielle Ferreira
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infecção Hospitalar (LAPIH), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula D'Alincourt Carvalho
authors.initials: APDC
authors.lastname: Assef
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth Andrade
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: robson.leao@uerj.br.
authors.forename: Robson Souza
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Leão
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: MLST; MRSA; USA1100; USA400; USA800