Molecular Characteristics of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Hokkaido, Northern Main Island of Japan: Identification of Sequence Types 6 and 59 Panton-Valentine Leucocidin–Positive Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

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Prevalence and molecular characteristics of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) were studied in Hokkaido, the main northern island of Japan. Among the 1,015 S. aureus isolates derived from clinical specimens of outpatients collected in 2009, methicillin resistance gene mecA was detected in 189 isolates (18.6%). The most frequent staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)...

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