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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2006, p. 3790-3793, Vol. 44, No. 10
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01192-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Unusually High Prevalence of Nosocomial Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Cape Verde Islands

M. Aires-de-Sousa,1 T. Conceição,1 and H. de Lencastre1,2*

Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB/UNL), Oeiras, Portugal,1 Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York2

Received 9 June 2006/ Returned for modification 30 July 2006/ Accepted 5 August 2006

Characterization of nosocomial methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Cape Verde showed that (i) Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes were present in 35% of the isolates and (ii) half of the collection had the same genetic background as methicillin-resistant pandemic clones. Introduction of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) into virulent and epidemic isolates could pose serious threats to public health.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 327-8278. Fax: (212) 327-8688. E-mail: lencash{at}mail.rockefeller.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2006, p. 3790-3793, Vol. 44, No. 10
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01192-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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