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

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.

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