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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2005, p. 3583-3585, Vol. 49, No. 8
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.8.3583-3585.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genotypic Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Korean Hospitals

Kwan Soo Ko,1,{dagger} Yeon-Sook Kim,2,{dagger} Jae-Hoon Song,1,8* Joon-Sup Yeom,3 Hyuck Lee,4 Sook-In Jung,5 Doo-Ryun Jeong,6 Shin-Woo Kim,7 Hyun-Ha Chang,7 Hyun Kyun Ki,8 Chisook Moon,8 Won Sup Oh,8 Kyong Ran Peck,8 and Nam Yong Lee9

Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID),1 Chungnam National University College of Medicine,2 Kangbuk Samsung Hospital,3 Dong-A University Hospital,4 Chonnam National University Medical School,5 Hallym Medical Center,6 Kyungbook National University Hospital,7 Division of Infectious Diseases,8 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea9

Received 5 January 2005/ Returned for modification 6 March 2005/ Accepted 9 May 2005

Ninety-six methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from eight Korean hospitals were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing, SCCmec typing, and spa typing. The predominant genotype was ST5-MRSA-II of clonal complex 5, which was found in 36 isolates from six hospitals, but ST239-MRSA-III was also common. Overall, results showed a notable genotypic diversity of MRSA strains circulating in Korean hospitals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), 50 Il-won dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Phone: 82-2-3410-0320. Fax: 82-2-3410-0328. E-mail: jhsong{at}ansorp.org.

{dagger} K.S.K. and Y.-S.K. contributed equally as joint first authors.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2005, p. 3583-3585, Vol. 49, No. 8
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.8.3583-3585.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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