MRSA SPA-type T032 overtakes MRSA SPA-type T037 as the predominant clonal strain: preliminary findings from a Malaysian tertiary hospital

Faisal, Ummu Salamah and Abdul Samat, Muttaqillah Najihan and Neoh, Hui-min and Ahmad Zaidi, Nur Adnin and Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera and Salleh, Sharifah Azura (2023) MRSA SPA-type T032 overtakes MRSA SPA-type T037 as the predominant clonal strain: preliminary findings from a Malaysian tertiary hospital. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134 (Supplement 1). S6-S7. ISSN 1201-9712 E-ISSN 1878-3511

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Abstract

Community and hospital-acquired strains of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continue to pose a threat worldwide. Molecular epidemiological studies conducted worldwide continue to demonstrate shifts in predominantly circulating MRSA clones peculiar to their centres or countries that have the propensity to cause infection in hospitals and the community. We aimed to detect our hospital's predominantly circulating MRSA clonal strain in 2016 and 2018 by spa typing to compare with predominant clones reported previously in our and other Malaysian hospitals.

Item Type:	Article (other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	MRSA; spa typing
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Internal Medicine
Depositing User:	Asst. Dr. Ummu Afeera Zainulabid
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2023 11:41
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2023 11:41
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/106132

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