Draft Genome Sequence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus KT/Y21, a Sequence Type 772 (ST772) Strain Isolated from a Pediatric Blood Sample in Terengganu, Malaysia

Zarizal Suhaili; Soo-Sum Lean; Azifah Yahya; Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa; Abdul Manaf Ali; Chew Chieng Yeo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00271-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus KT/Y21, a Sequence Type 772 (ST772) Strain Isolated from a Pediatric Blood Sample in Terengganu, Malaysia

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 10;2(2):e00271-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00271-14.

Authors

Zarizal Suhaili¹, Soo-Sum Lean, Azifah Yahya, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Abdul Manaf Ali, Chew Chieng Yeo

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain, KT/Y21, isolated from a blood sample of a pediatric patient. This strain belongs to sequence type 772 (ST772), harbors the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type V, and is positive for the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) pathogenic determinant.