Genomic information on multidrug-resistant livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 isolated from a Brazilian patient with cystic fibrosis

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2017 Jan 1;112(1):79-80. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160342.

Abstract

Alarmingly, the isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been increasing among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). During a previous molecular characterisation of MRSA isolates obtained from patients with CF from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one isolate was identified as the ST398 clone, a livestock-associated (LA) MRSA. In this study, we report the draft genome sequence of an LA-MRSA ST398 clone isolated from a patient with CF.

MeSH terms

  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial