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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 1/2010

Open Access 01-01-2010 | Brief Report

First report on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Spa type T037, Sequence type 239, SCCmec type III/IIIA in Malaysia

Authors: V. Neela, H. Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam, A. van Belkum, D. Horst-Kreft, N. S. Mariana, E. Ghaznavi Rad

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Malaysia were shown to possess staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)-III and IIIA. Spa sequencing and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) documented t037 and ST 239 (CC8) for 83.3% of the isolates. This confirms observations in several other Far Eastern countries and corroborates the epidemicity of this clone.
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Metadata
Title
First report on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Spa type T037, Sequence type 239, SCCmec type III/IIIA in Malaysia
Authors
V. Neela
H. Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam
A. van Belkum
D. Horst-Kreft
N. S. Mariana
E. Ghaznavi Rad
Publication date
01-01-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0813-6

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