Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian Hospitals

Edward J. FeilEmma K. NickersonNarisara ChantratitaVanaporn WuthiekanunPramot SrisomangRichard CousinsWu Bin PanGe ZhangBang Lao XuNicholas P.J. DaySharon J. PeacockUniversity of BathMahidol UniversityNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineSappasitthiprasong HospitalSun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou First Municipal People's Hospital2018-07-122018-07-122008-04-01Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.46, No.4 (2008), 1520-1522009511372-s2.0-42449117604https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19724We describe and validate a novel PCR assay to detect the pandemic hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) lineage ST 239. Results based on previously uncharacterized isolates from a hospital in northeast Thailand support the view that at least 90% of HA-MRSA isolates in mainland Asia correspond to ST 239 or close relatives. Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.Mahidol UniversityMedicineRapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian HospitalsArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JCM.02238-07