Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia

E Miklaševics; S Hæggman; A Balode; B Sanchez; A Martinsons; B Olsson-Liljequist; U Dumpis

doi:10.2807/esm.09.11.00485-en

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Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia
E Miklaševics¹ , S Hæggman² , A Balode¹ , B Sanchez² , A Martinsons¹ , B Olsson-Liljequist² , U Dumpis¹
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Affiliations: ¹ P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia ² Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: Miklaševics E, Hæggman S, Balode A, Sanchez B, Martinsons A, Olsson-Liljequist B, Dumpis U. Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia. Euro Surveill. 2004;9(11):pii=485. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.09.11.00485-en

Abstract

Infections by community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have been reported worldwide. Here we present characterisation of the first CA-MRSA isolated in Latvia. A PVL-positive ST30-MRSA-IV strain was isolated from a nasal swab and the central venous catheter of a patient with fever and multiple organ failure. The PFGE pattern of this strain was identical to pattern SE00-3 of MRSA isolated in Sweden from 29 patients during 2000-2003. This strain is related to the South Pacific area, and its appearance in Sweden and Latvia demonstrates its global spread.