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Author(s) -
Bruna Gerardon Batista,
Pedro Alves d’ Azevedo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of health and biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2317-3084
pISSN - 2317-3076
DOI - 10.12662/2317-3076jhbs.v4i1.514.p5-7.2016
Subject(s) - sccmec , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , biology , polymerase chain reaction , bacteria , gene , genetics , physics , optics
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is anopportunistic pathogen that affectspublic health representing the most common infections related to health care and community. MRSA infections are classified as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) and community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) defined by the bacteria genetic profile. This study conducts a molecular characterization of eighty-one MRSA isolates from a hospital in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, in a period from January to June of 2012. A multiplex PCR was performed to determine the SCCmec types. From the 81 isolates, 24 (30%) were type I, 10 (12%) type II, 21 (26%) type III, 4 (5%) type IVa, 12 (15%) isolates were type IVc, 1 isolate was type I and IVc (1%) and 1 was type III and IVc (1%) simultaneously, while non-typable isolates corresponded to 8 isolates (10%). However most of the isolates were carrying SCCmec types related to HA-MRSA, the results reveal a change in the epidemiology, considering the decrease of the incidence of SCCmec type III and the increase of isolates being typed as SCCmec I.