Molecular characterization of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in South Africa |
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| Authors: | Moodley A Oosthuysen W F Dusé A G Marais E;South African MRSA Surveillance Group |
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| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark,1. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa2. |
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| 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. |
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