Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian Hospitals

• Main Authors: Edward J. Feil, Emma K. Nickerson, Narisara Chantratita, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pramot Srisomang, Richard Cousins, Wu Bin Pan, Ge Zhang, Bang Lao Xu, Nicholas P.J. Day, Sharon J. Peacock
• Other Authors: University of Bath
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19724
• Institution: Mahidol University

We describe and validate a novel PCR assay to detect the pandemic hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) lineage ST 239. Results based on previously uncharacterized isolates from a hospital in northeast Thailand support the view that at least 90% of HA-MRSA isolates...