Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR Analysis of Polymorphisms on the mec Hypervariable Region for Typing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

AUTOR(ES)

Senna, J. P. M.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Two hundred fifty-four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were tested by PCR for the mec-associated hypervariable region (HVR-PCR) to determine their number of direct repeat units (DRUs). Eight different groups of repeats were found among the MRSA strains and compared to 28 pulsotypes classified by PFGE. Some MRSA strains belonging to the same pulsotype showed different numbers of DRUs. HVR-PCR was rapid, easy to perform, and reproducible and has the ability to obtain an unambiguous positive result for each isolate analyzed. However, this technique shows a discriminatory power inferior to that of PFGE. We conclude that PFGE is a more reliable method of typing MRSA than HVR-PCR.

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