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Spread of the Brazilian epidemic clone of a multiresistant MRSA in two cities in Argentina

MARCUS V. DA SILVA COIMBRA, LENISE A. TEIXEIRA^*, ROSE L. B. RAMOS, SILVIA C. PREDARI, LILIANA CASTELLO, ANGELA FAMIGLIETTI, CARLOS VAY, LILIAN KLAN and AGNES M. S. FIGUEIREDO

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, *Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Farmácia e Bioquímica, Rua Mário Vianna 523, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 24241-000, Brazil, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Departamento de Microbiología, Combatientes de Malvinas 3150, (1427) Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Avenida Córdoba 2361, Buenos Aires and Clinica de la Mujer, Córdoba 2422, Posadas, Provincia de Misiones, Argentina

Corresponding author: Dr A. M. S. Figueiredo.

Received 9 Feb. 1999; revised version received 12 July 1999; accepted 16 July 1999.

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is recognised as an important cause of nosocomial infection. The spread of some MRSA epidemic clones is well documented. In Brazil, and more recently in Portugal, a considerable number of hospital infections has been caused by a unique multiresistant MRSA clone designated as the Brazilian epidemic clone. This paper describes the spread of this clone in hospitals in two cities in Argentina.

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