TY - JOUR AU - David, Michael AU - Rudolph, Karen AU - Hennessy, Thomas AU - Zychowski, Diana AU - Asthi, Karthik AU - Boyle-Vavra, Susan AU - Daum, Robert T1 - MRSA USA300 at Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2000–2006 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 1 SP - 105 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300 commonly caused infections among Alaska Natives, we examined clinical MRSA isolates from the Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, during 2000–2006. Among Anchorage-region residents, USA300 was a minor constituent among MRSA isolates in 2000–2003 (11/68, 16%); by 2006, USA300 was the exclusive genotype identified (10/10). KW - MRSA KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - methicillin-resistant S. aureus KW - staphylococci KW - skin and soft tissue infections KW - Alaska KW - epidemiology KW - genotyping KW - multilocus sequence typing KW - bacteria KW - antibiotic resistance KW - community-associated infections KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1801.110746 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/11-0746_article ER - End of Reference