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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4056-4057, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01372-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Long-Term Follow-Up of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Molecular Epidemiology after Emergence of Clone USA300 in San Francisco Jail Populations{triangledown}

Pierre Tattevin, Binh An Diep, Michael Jula, and Françoise Perdreau-Remington*

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 17 July 2008/ Returned for modification 25 September 2008/ Accepted 7 October 2008

We performed a longitudinal analysis of 502 unique methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates originating from San Francisco jail inmates between 2000 and 2007. Strain USA300, first encountered in 2001, accounted for 82.1% (412/502) of MRSA infections. Non-USA300 MRSA strains were rarely found after 2005 (one isolate in 2006, three in 2007).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0811. Phone: (415) 206-8666. Fax: (415) 648-8425. E-mail: fpr{at}epi-center.ucsf.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 15 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4056-4057, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01372-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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