Abstract
Clin Microbiol InfectAbstract The characterization of 62 community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates from 440 individuals in the Yogyakarta area of Indonesia in 2006 showed that: (i) almost half of the isolates were associated with methicillin-resistant S. aureus lineages [clonal complex (CC)1, CC8 and CC45] and (ii) ten Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolates were associated with CC1 (n = 7), CC30 (n = 1) and CC51 (n = 2). The high Panton-Valentine leukocidin prevalence (16%) among S. aureus is of concern because these strains can cause severe infections and the introduction of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec into virulent and epidemic MSSA could pose a serious public health threat.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 92-94 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Clinical Microbiology and Infection |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- Antibiotic resistance
- community
- Indonesia
- PVL
- S
- aureus
- spa typing
- PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN
- UNUSUALLY HIGH PREVALENCE
- UNITED-STATES
- POPULATION
- INFECTIONS
- STRAINS
- GENES