Genomic surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Philippines, 
2013-2014.

ABSTRACT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the leading causes of both nosocomial and community infections worldwide. In the Philippines, MRSA rates have remained above 50% since 2010, but resistance to other antibiotics, including vancomycin, is low. The MRSA burden can be partially attributed to pathogen-specific characteristics of the circulating clones, but little was known about the S. aureus clones circulating in the Philippines. We sequenced the whole genomes of 116 S. aureus isolates collected in 2013-2014 within the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program. The multilocus sequence type, spa type, SCCmec type, presence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants and virulence genes and relatedness between the isolates

SUBMITTER: Masim ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143927 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature