Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel: dissemination of global clones and unique features |
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| Authors: | Adler A Chmelnitsky I Shitrit P Sprecher H Navon-Venezia S Embon A Khabra E Paitan Y Keren L Halperin E Carmeli Y Schwaber M J |
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| Affiliation: | National Center for Infection Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Tel-Aviv, Israel. amosa@tasmc.health.gov.il |
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| Abstract: | From 2006 to 2009, 315 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected from 5 hospitals across Israel. Most isolates (64%) were related to the global clones spa types t001-SCCmec-I (SCCmec-I stands for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type I) (n = 99; 31%), t002-SCCmec-II (n = 82; 26%), and t008-SCCmec-IV (n = 21; 7%), five of which were identified as MRSA strain USA-300. Seventeen strains unique to Israel were identified. SCCmec types IV and V were common among hospital-acquired isolates. |
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