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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in five major African towns: Emergence and spread of atypical clones
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 17, No. 2, Year 2011
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The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Africa is poorly documented. From January 2007 to March 2008, we collected 86 MRSA isolates from five African towns, one each in Cameroon, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger and Senegal. Although one or two major clones, defined by the sequence type and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type, predominated at each site, genetic diversity (ten clones) was relatively limited in view of the large geographical area studied. Most of the isolates (n=76, 88%) belonged to three major clones, namely ST239/241-III, a well-known pandemic clone (n=34, 40%), ST88-IV (n=24, 28%) and ST5-IV (n=18, 21%). The latter two clones have only been sporadically described in other parts of the world. The spread of community-associated MRSA carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes is a cause for concern, especially in Dakar and possibly throughout Africa. © 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Breurec, Sébastien
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Zriouil, Sanaa Bouhali
Morocco, Casablanca
Hassan Ii University of Casablanca
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Fall, Cheikh Alassane
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Boisier, Pascal
Niger, Niamey
Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey
Brisse, Sylvain
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Djibo, Saacou
Niger, Niamey
Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey
Étienne, Jérôme
France, Lyon
Université de Lyon
Fonkoua, Marie Christine
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Perrier-Gros-Claude, Jean David
Morocco, Casablanca
Institut Pasteur du Maroc
Pouillot, R.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Ramarokoto, Charles Emile
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Randrianirina, Frédérique
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Tall, Adama
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Thiberge, Jean Michel
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Laurent, Frédéric J.
France, Lyon
Université de Lyon
Garin, Benoît
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 99
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03219.x
ISSN:
1198743X
e-ISSN:
14690691
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Cameroon
Madagascar
Morocco
Niger
Senegal