Detection of a new community genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone that is unrelated to the USA300 clone and that causes pediatric infections in Colombia

Javier Antonio Escobar; Ricaurte Alejandro Marquez-Ortiz; Martha I Alvarez-Olmos; Aura Lucia Leal; Betsy Esperanza Castro; Natasha Vanegas; Research Group of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

doi:10.1128/JCM.01299-12

Detection of a new community genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone that is unrelated to the USA300 clone and that causes pediatric infections in Colombia

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):661-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01299-12. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Authors

Javier Antonio Escobar¹, Ricaurte Alejandro Marquez-Ortiz, Martha I Alvarez-Olmos, Aura Lucia Leal, Betsy Esperanza Castro, Natasha Vanegas; Research Group of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Affiliation

¹ Bacterial Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.

Abstract

The dissemination of a clone of community genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) that is related to USA300 has been reported in Latin America. We recently detected isolates of a new clone of CG-MRSA (spa type t1635 and ACME-negative) that was genetically unrelated to the USA300 clone and that causes infections in children in Colombia. This finding indicates the appearance of a new clone of CG-MRSA in our region.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Colombia / epidemiology
Female
Genotype*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology