SCCmec types and pvl gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from children hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital in Mexico.

Eunice Mireya Borbón-EsquerAlberto Villaseñor-SierraErika Martínez-LópezJuan José Jáuregui-LomeliRosa Villaseñor-MartínezMariana Del Rocío Ruiz-Briseño

Published in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases (2014)

The prevalence of hospital-acquired MRSA was high. SCCmec type II was predominant and the pvl gene appeared not to play any role in the virulence of the MRSA strains from hospitalized children.

Keyphrases

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
escherichia coli
young adults
genome wide
copy number
pseudomonas aeruginosa
healthcare
biofilm formation
genome wide identification
risk factors
emergency department
antimicrobial resistance
gene expression
cystic fibrosis
candida albicans