Draft Genome Sequence of a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 30 Isolate from a Pediatric Patient with a Lung Infection in Brazil.

Craig Stephens,Paul Jang-Yeon Cho,Ivete Martins Gomes,Claudete A Araújo Cardoso,Lee W Riley,Selma Maria De Azevedo Sias,Veronica Afonso De Araujo,Fábio Aguiar-Alves

doi:10.1128/genomea.00907-15

Abstract

The sequence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain B6 (sequence type 30 [ST30], spa type t433, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element [SCCmec] type IVc, Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL] positive), isolated from a pediatric patient with a lung infection in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is described here. The draft genome sequence includes a 2.8-Mb chromosome, accompanied by a 20-kb plasmid containing blaZ and two small cryptic plasmids.

Highlights

The sequence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain B6, isolated from a pediatric patient with a lung infection in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is described here
We present here the genome sequence of an unusual CAMRSA isolate from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The strain was characterized by multilocus sequence typing as sequence type 30 (ST30), by spa typing as t433, and as staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element (SCCmec) type IVc by PCR

Summary

Introduction

The sequence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain B6 (sequence type 30 [ST30], spa type t433, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element [SCCmec] type IVc, Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL] positive), isolated from a pediatric patient with a lung infection in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is described here. The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has contributed significantly to an increase in the global staphylococcal disease burden [1, 2]. We present here the genome sequence of an unusual CAMRSA isolate from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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