Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Bacteremia At a Major Hospital in Southern Mississippi

Authors

Dhritiman Samanta, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Justin Batte, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Stephanie N. Brown, Forrest General Hospital
Angela G. Crosby, Mississippi State Department of Health
Luis A. Marcos, Forrest General Hospital
Mohamed O. Elasri, University of Southern MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2015

Department

Biological Sciences

School

Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is the predominant cause of bacteremia worldwide. We assessed the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of methicillin-resistant S aureus isolates causing bacteremia in southern Mississippi. Diverse genetic backgrounds in terms of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and multilocus sequence typing types of methicillin-resistant S aureus were identified as causing bacteremia in Mississippi. A strong association of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes with elevated vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration is one of the important findings of our study.

Comments

©2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication Title

American Journal of Infection Control

Volume

43

Issue

5

First Page

540

Last Page

542

Recommended Citation

Samanta, D., Batte, J., Brown, S. N., Crosby, A. G., Marcos, L. A., Elasri, M. O. (2015). Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Bacteremia At a Major Hospital in Southern Mississippi. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(5), 540-542.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15144