SCCmec and spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Israel. Detection of SCCmec type V

I Chmelnitsky; S Navon-Venezia; A Leavit; E Somekh; G Regev-Yochai; M Chowers; P Shitrit; Y Carmeli

doi:10.1007/s10096-007-0426-x

SCCmec and spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Israel. Detection of SCCmec type V

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 May;27(5):385-90. doi: 10.1007/s10096-007-0426-x. Epub 2007 Dec 11.

Authors

I Chmelnitsky¹, S Navon-Venezia, A Leavit, E Somekh, G Regev-Yochai, M Chowers, P Shitrit, Y Carmeli

Affiliation

¹ Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Research, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. innach@tasmc.health.gov.il

PMID: 18074160
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0426-x

Abstract

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from three hospitals in Israel was the aim of the study presented here. We identified 11 distinct genetic clones by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Molecular typing identified four different SCCmec types-I, II, IV, and V-and nine spa types. Spa type t002 was the most common.

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques*
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Genotype
Hospitals
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Methicillin Resistance*
Molecular Epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

DNA, Bacterial