Correlation Between Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type and Coagulase Serotype of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Author:
Eui Kyung CHA
1
;
Kyung Soo CHANG
;
Soo Myung HWANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Coagulase serotype
- MeSH: beta-Lactams; Coagulase; Epidemiologic Factors; Erythromycin; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology 2009;39(2):71-78
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type and coagulase serotype are important epidemiologic factors in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). To investigate correlation between SCCmec type and coagulase serotype of MRSA, we analyzed SCCmec types of MRSA strains isolated from clinical sources and compared the results to coagulase serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. A total of 108 MRSA isolates were classified into four SCCmec types: II (55.6%), IV (21.3%) III (13.0%) and IIIA (8.3%), and five coagulase serotypes: II (54.6%), IV (21.3%), V (18.5%) and VII (2.8%). All of coagulase type II, IV and V strains belonged to SCCmec type II, III/IIIA and IV, respectively. SCCmec types II, III and IIIA were multidrug resistant, whereas SCCmec type IV strains were non-multidrug resistant except beta-lactams and erythromycin. The data provide that there is a significant correlation between SCCmec types and phenotypic characteristic of coagulase serotypes.
