Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated From Women and Children in Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT: The prevalent Staphylococcus aureus clones and antibiotic susceptibility profiles are known to change dynamically and geographically; however, recent S. aureus strains causing infections in women and children in China have not been characterized. In this study, we analyzed the molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus isolated from patients in four centers for women and children in Guangzhou, China. In total, 131 S. aureus isolates (100 from children and 31 from women) were analyzed by spa typing, multi-locus sequence typing, virulence gene and antimicrobial resistance profiling, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec typing, and mutation analyses of rpoB. A total of 58 spa types, 27 sequence types (STs), and 10 clonal compl

SUBMITTER: Liang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6250813 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature