This study characterized 30 MRSA isolates from intensive care unit (ICU) environment and equipment surfaces and healthy children. The SCCmec types I, IVa and V were detected in HA-MRSA isolates while CA-MRSA showed the SCCmec type IVa and V. Most isolates were classified as agr group II. All isolates presented the sei gene, and only HA-MRSA were positive for etb e tst genes. Three genotypes were related to Pediatric (ST5/SCCmecIV) and Berlin (ST45/SCCmecIV) clones. The present study showed molecular similarity between CA- and HA-MRSA isolates in hospital and community settings in a Brazilian region.
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de Carvalho, S. P., de Almeida, J. B., Andrade, Y. M. F. S., Silva, L. S. C. da, Chamon, R. C., Santos, K. R. N. dos, & Marques, L. M. (2019). Molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from hospital and community environments in northeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 23(2), 134–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.005
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