Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia

E Miklaševics; S Hæggman; A Balode; B Sanchez; A Martinsons; B Olsson-Liljequist; U Dumpis

doi:10.2807/esm.09.11.00485-en

Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia

Euro Surveill. 2004 Nov;9(11):5-6. doi: 10.2807/esm.09.11.00485-en.

Authors

E Miklaševics¹, S Hæggman², A Balode¹, B Sanchez², A Martinsons¹, B Olsson-Liljequist², U Dumpis¹

Affiliations

¹ P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
² Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.

PMID: 29183469
DOI: 10.2807/esm.09.11.00485-en

Abstract

Infections by community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have been reported worldwide. Here we present characterisation of the first CA-MRSA isolated in Latvia. A PVL-positive ST30-MRSA-IV strain was isolated from a nasal swab and the central venous catheter of a patient with fever and multiple organ failure. The PFGE pattern of this strain was identical to pattern SE00-3 of MRSA isolated in Sweden from 29 patients during 2000-2003. This strain is related to the South Pacific area, and its appearance in Sweden and Latvia demonstrates its global spread.

Keywords: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus - MRSA; staphylococcus aureus.