TY - JOUR AU - Ma, Xiao Xue AU - Galiana, Antonio AU - Pedreira, Walter AU - Mowszowicz, Martin AU - Christophersen, Inés AU - Machiavello, Silvia AU - Lope, Liliana AU - Benaderet, Sara AU - Buela, Fernanda AU - Vicentino, Walter AU - Albini, María AU - Bertaux, Olivier AU - Constenla, Irene AU - Bagnulo, Homero AU - Llosa, Luis AU - Ito, Teruyo AU - Hiramatsu, Keiichi T1 - Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Uruguay T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 6 SP - 973 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A novel, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone (Uruguay clone) with a non–multidrug-resistant phenotype caused a large outbreak, including 7 deaths, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The clone was distinct from the highly virulent community clone represented by strain MW2, although both clones carried Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene and cna gene. KW - Keywords: molecular epidemiology KW - bacteremia KW - Antibiotic resistance KW - streptococcus pneumoniae KW - pneumococcal KW - vaccine KW - children KW - Uruguay DO - 10.3201/eid1106.041059 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/6/04-1059_article ER - End of Reference