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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 4289-4294, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4289-4294.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dissemination of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in the Community

Keiko Okuma,1 Kozue Iwakawa,1 John D. Turnidge,2 Warren B. Grubb,3 Jan M. Bell,2 Frances G. O'Brien,3 Geoffrey W. Coombs,4 John W. Pearman,4 Fred C. Tenover,5 Maria Kapi,1 Chuntima Tiensasitorn,1 Teruyo Ito,1 and Keiichi Hiramatsu1*

Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan,1 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide,2 Molecular Genetics Research Unit, School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University of Technology,3 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia,4 National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303335

Received 25 April 2002/ Returned for modification 21 June 2002/ Accepted 6 August 2002

Multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones carrying type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec were identified in the community-acquired MRSA strains of both the United States and Australia. They multiplied much faster than health-care-associated MRSA and were resistant to fewer non-beta-lactam antibiotics. They seem to have been derived from more diverse S. aureus populations than health-care-associated MRSA strains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, 113-8421. Phone: 81 (3) 5802-10410. Fax: 81 (3) 5684-7830. E-mail: hiram{at}med.juntendo.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 4289-4294, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4289-4294.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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