Document Type

Article (Restricted)

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Abstract

The 1st 9 clinical isolates of multisensitive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) from Malaysia carry SCCmec type IN and predominantly cause skin and soft-tissue infections. Seven were classified as nosocomially acquired. There was considerable clonal diversity, with both pandemic and novel multilocus sequence types detected. CA-MRSA rates appear to be increasing in our hospital, warranting close surveillance. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Community-acquired infection, Panton�Valentine leukocidin, Multilocus sequence typing, Malaysia

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volume

62

Issue

4

Additional Information

Times Cited: 12 Sam, I-Ching Kahar-Bador, Maria Chan, Yoke-Fun Loong, Shih-Keng Ghazali, Fadzilah Mohd Nor 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases Jun 19-22, 2008 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

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