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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1090-1093, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1090-1093.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Establishment of ST30 as the Predominant Clonal Type among Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Singapore

Li-Yang Hsu,1* Yin-Ling Koh,1 Nidhi Loomba Chlebicka,1 Thean-Yen Tan,2 Prabha Krishnan,3 Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin,4 Nancy Tee,5 Timothy Barkham,3 and Tse-Hsien Koh1

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore,1 Changi General Hospital, Singapore,2 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore,3 National University Hospital, Singapore,4 Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore5

Received 5 October 2005/ Returned for modification 8 November 2005/ Accepted 13 December 2005

The number of infections attributable to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Singapore is progressively increasing. Most cases in the past 2 years were caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolates belonging to sequence type 30, according to multilocus sequence typing. This has clearly become the predominant sequence type among CA-MRSA isolates in Singapore.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, S169608 Singapore, Singapore. Phone: 65 63214976. Fax: 65 67322601. E-mail: liyang_hsu{at}yahoo.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1090-1093, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1090-1093.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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