Correlation Between Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type and Coagulase Serotype of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
;
: 71-78, 2009.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-106928
ABSTRACT
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type and coagulase serotype are important epidemiologic factors in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). To investigate correlation between SCCmec type and coagulase serotype of MRSA, we analyzed SCCmec types of MRSA strains isolated from clinical sources and compared the results to coagulase serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. A total of 108 MRSA isolates were classified into four SCCmec types II (55.6%), IV (21.3%) III (13.0%) and IIIA (8.3%), and five coagulase serotypes II (54.6%), IV (21.3%), V (18.5%) and VII (2.8%). All of coagulase type II, IV and V strains belonged to SCCmec type II, III/IIIA and IV, respectively. SCCmec types II, III and IIIA were multidrug resistant, whereas SCCmec type IV strains were non-multidrug resistant except beta-lactams and erythromycin. The data provide that there is a significant correlation between SCCmec types and phenotypic characteristic of coagulase serotypes.
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Main subject:
Epidemiologic Factors
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Erythromycin
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Methicillin Resistance
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Coagulase
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Beta-Lactams
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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