EMERGENCE OF A METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS CLONE RELATED TO THE BRAZILIAN EPIDEMIC CLONE III--B-A CAUSING INVASIVE DISEASE AMONG AIDS PATIENTS IN A BRAZILIAN HOSPITAL
La. Teixeira et al., EMERGENCE OF A METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS CLONE RELATED TO THE BRAZILIAN EPIDEMIC CLONE III--B-A CAUSING INVASIVE DISEASE AMONG AIDS PATIENTS IN A BRAZILIAN HOSPITAL, Microbial drug resistance, 2(4), 1996, pp. 393-399
In a previous study we described the extensive geographic spread of a
multidrug-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
clone in hospitals located in the southern, southeastern, and norther
n parts of Brazil. In this study we used a set of molecular markers to
demonstrate the emergence of a novel MRSA clone distinct from but clo
sely related to the widely spread Brazilian epidemic clone. The new MR
SA clone caused an outbreak among acquired immunodeficiency syndrome p
atients in a Brazilian hospital specializing in tropical diseases and
human immunodeficiency virus- and human T-cell leukemia virus (HLTV)-r
elated infections.