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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 1985-1988, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.1985-1988.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Report of Infection with Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in South America

Apoena Ribeiro,1 Cícero Dias,2 Maria Cícera Silva-Carvalho,1 Laura Berquó,3 Fabienne Antunes Ferreira,1 Raquel Neves Soares Santos,1 Bernadete Teixeira Ferreira-Carvalho,1 and Agnes Marie Figueiredo1*

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Departamento de Microbiologia Médica, Rio de Janeiro,1 Fundação Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre ,2 Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil3

Received 21 July 2004/ Returned for modification 25 October 2004/ Accepted 29 November 2004

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has recently emerged in the southwestern Pacific, North America, and Europe. These S. aureus isolates frequently shared some genetic characteristics, including the SCCmec type IV and lukS-lukF genes. In this paper we show that typical CA-MRSA isolates have spread to South America (Brazil).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil. Phone: 21 22604193. Fax: 21 25908728. E-mail: agnes{at}micro.ufrj.br.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 1985-1988, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.1985-1988.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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