Abstract
Sixty-nine community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered in 6 healthcare centers from northeastern and eastern Argentina were genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The predominant pulsotype was widely distributed harbored SCCmec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Representative isolates were characterized by multilocus sequence typing and spa typing, demonstrating that this clone belonged to ST5 and spa type 311.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Argentina / epidemiology
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Bacterial Typing Techniques / methods
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Community-Acquired Infections / classification*
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Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
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Community-Acquired Infections / genetics*
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DNA Fingerprinting / methods
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / methods
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Exotoxins / genetics
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Genotype
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Humans
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Leukocidins / genetics
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Staphylococcal Infections / classification*
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / genetics*
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Exotoxins
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Leukocidins
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins
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mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus