Dissemination of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in the community
- Okuma, K.
- Iwakawa, K.
- Turnidge, J.
- Grubb, W.
- Bell, J.
- O'Brien, F.
- Coombs, G.
- Pearman, J.
- Tenover, F.
- Kapi, M.
- Tiensasitorn, C.
- Ito, T.
- Hiramatsu, K.
Publication date
January 2002
DOI Publisher
American Society for Microbiology Journal
Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyAbstract
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology.Multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones carrying type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec were identified in the community-acquired MRSA strains of both the United States and Australia. They multiplied much faster than health-care-associated MRSA and were resistant to fewer non-beta-lactam antibiotics. They seem to have been derived from more diverse S. aureus populations than health-care-associated MRSA strains.Keiko Okuma, Kozue Iwakawa, John D. Turnidge, Warren B. Grubb, Jan M. Bell, Frances G. O'Brien, Geoffrey W. Coombs, John W. Pearman, Fred C. Tenover, Maria Kapi, Chuntima Tiensasitorn, Teruyo Ito, and Keiichi Hiramats
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