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SCCmec Type IV, PVL-Negative, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Cystic Fibrosis Patients from Brazil

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Twenty seven S. aureus isolates were obtained from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients at a tertiary care hospital in Brazil. Nineteen (70.4%) were methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and eight (29.6%) methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Of the MRSA isolates, four had SCCmec type III and four had SCCmec type IV. PVL genes were not detected in any of the MSSA or MRSA isolates. New studies are necessary to evaluate the exact impact of these different MRSA clones in CF patients.

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Acknowledgments

The molecular strain typing was performed by MJM during a visiting observership at the Baylor College of Medicine, 2007. The authors thank Kristina G. Hulten, PhD, Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, and Edward O. Mason, Jr., PhD.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa De São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcelo J. Mimica, Eitan N. Berezin & Neiva Damaceno

  2. Department of Pathology, Santa Casa De São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Mimica, M.J., Berezin, E.N., Damaceno, N. et al. SCCmec Type IV, PVL-Negative, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Cystic Fibrosis Patients from Brazil. Curr Microbiol 62, 388–390 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-010-9718-y

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Keywords

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cystic Fibrosis Patient
  • Oxacillin
  • SCCmec Type
  • Pulmonary Exacerbation