USA300-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone is the predominant cause of community and hospital MRSA infections in Colombian children | Zendy

Ricaurte Alejandro Márquez-Ortiz | Zendy; Martha I. Álvarez-Olmos | Zendy; Javier Escobar-Pérez | Zendy; Aura Lucía Leal | Zendy; Betsy Esperanza Castro | Zendy; Ana Cristina Mariño | Zendy; Esther Rocio Barrero | Zendy; Sandra Celina Mujica | Zendy; Sebastián Gaines Acuña | Zendy; Natasha Vanegas | Zendy

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USA300-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone is the predominant cause of community and hospital MRSA infections in Colombian children

Author(s) -

Ricaurte Alejandro Márquez-Ortiz,

Martha I. Álvarez-Olmos,

Javier Escobar-Pérez,

Aura Lucía Leal,

Betsy Esperanza Castro,

Ana Cristina Mariño,

Esther Rocio Barrero,

Sandra Celina Mujica,

Sebastián Gaines Acuña,

Natasha Vanegas

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.008

Subject(s) - sccmec , multilocus sequence typing , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , staphylococcus aureus , genotype , molecular epidemiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , typing , virulence , staphylococcal infections , epidemiology , medicine , genetics , gene , bacteria

Community-genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) isolates are known to be more virulent and clinically aggressive in children. The goal of the present study was characterize the molecular epidemiology of MRSA isolates causing infections in Colombian children.

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