Staphylococcus aureus causing tropical pyomyositis, Amazon Basin, Peru

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):123-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120819.

Abstract

We studied 12 Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing tropical pyomyositis in the Amazon Basin of Peru. All isolates were methicillin-susceptible; 11 carried Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding genes, and 5 belonged to multilocus sequence type 25 and possessed an extensive set of enterotoxins. Our findings suggest sequence type 25 is circulating in tropical areas of South America.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / classification
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Exotoxins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Leukocidins / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Middle Aged
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Pyomyositis / epidemiology*
  • Pyomyositis / microbiology
  • Pyomyositis / pathology
  • Serotyping
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Virulence Factors