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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 225-226, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.225-226.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone USA300 in Isolates from Florida and Washington

Jill C. Roberts,1* Robin L. Krueger,1 K. Kealy Peak,1 William Veguilla,1 Andrew C. Cannons,1 Philip T. Amuso,1,2 and Jacqueline Cattani1

Center for Biological Defense, University of South Florida College of Public Health,1 Bureau of Laboratories—Tampa, Florida Department of Health, Tampa, Florida 336122

Received 2 September 2005/ Returned for modification 17 October 2005/ Accepted 25 October 2005

We examined 299 methicillin-resistant, community-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Florida and Washington State for the presence of the USA300 epidemic clone. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis demonstrated the epidemic clone in 43% of our S. aureus strains and in isolates from both states. The majority of the USA300 isolates (88%) were from wound infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: MPH Center for Biological Defense, Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 3602 Spectrum Blvd., MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612. Phone: (813) 974-3429. Fax: (813) 974-1479. E-mail: jroberts{at}bt.usf.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 225-226, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.225-226.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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