First report on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Spa type T037, Sequence Type 239, SCCmec type III/IIIA in Malaysia

V Neela; H Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam; A van Belkum; D Horst-Kreft; N S Mariana; E Ghaznavi Rad

doi:10.1007/s10096-009-0813-6

First report on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Spa type T037, Sequence Type 239, SCCmec type III/IIIA in Malaysia

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jan;29(1):115-7. doi: 10.1007/s10096-009-0813-6. Epub 2009 Sep 25.

Authors

V Neela¹, H Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam, A van Belkum, D Horst-Kreft, N S Mariana, E Ghaznavi Rad

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. neela@medic.upm.edu.my

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Malaysia were shown to possess staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)-III and IIIA. Spa sequencing and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) documented t037 and ST 239 (CC8) for 83.3% of the isolates. This confirms observations in several other Far Eastern countries and corroborates the epidemicity of this clone.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques*
Cluster Analysis
DNA Fingerprinting*
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Genotype
Humans
Malaysia / epidemiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Molecular Epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial