Predominance of SCCmec type IV in community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in multi-centre Malaysian hospitals

J Hosp Infect. 2024 Jan:143:113-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.10.023. Epub 2023 Nov 17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Disease Research Centre (IDRC), Institute for Medical Research (IMR), National Institutes of Health, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: asyura@moh.gov.my.
² Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Disease Research Centre (IDRC), Institute for Medical Research (IMR), National Institutes of Health, Selangor, Malaysia.
³ National Blood Centre, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 37979625
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.10.023

No abstract available

Keywords: CA-MRSA; SCCmec; community-associated infection; mecA; pvl.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Community-Acquired Infections* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Exotoxins
Hospitals
Humans
Leukocidins
Methicillin
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / genetics
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcus aureus

Substances

Methicillin
Leukocidins
Exotoxins