spa diversity of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in clinical strains from Malaysia: a high prevalence of invasive European spa-type t032

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Microbiology

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Introduction

Material and Methods

Bacterial strains

Ethics statement

DNA extraction

spa typing

Data analysis

Results

Distribution of spa type

Genetic diversity of spa types

Association of spa types and clinical manifestations caused by MRSA and MSSA

Discussion

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

GenBank Accession Numbers

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11195/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Sherry Usun Jones performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Kek Heng Chua conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Ching Hoong Chew, Chew Chieng Yeo, Fatimah Haslina Abdullah and Norlela Othman analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Boon Pin Kee and Suat Moi Puah conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Malaysia Ministry of Health, Medical Research and Ethics Committee with National Medical Research Registry no: NMRR-15-2369-28130 (IIR).

DNA Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of DNA sequences:

Nucleotide sequences are available at GenBank:

MRSA strains: MT783708, MT783709, MT834362, MT783710, MT834363, MT809670, MT809671, MT834364, MT834365, MT834366, MT834432, MT834399, MT834454, MT834451, MT834400, MT834452, MT834453, MT834433, MT834367, MT834434, MT834401, MT834445, MT834449, MT834450, MT834368, MT834402, MT834427, MT834403, MT834446, MT834404, MT834369, MT834370, MT834371, MT834405, MT834428, MT834435, MT834372, MT834373, MT834429, MT834441, MT834406, MT834407, MT834408, MT834409, MT834410, MT834442, MT834411, MT834412, MT834436, MT834413, MT834414, MT834415, MT834416, MT834417, MT834418, MT834437, MT834443, MT834419, MT834420, MT834421, MT834444, MT834430, MT834422, MT834423, MT834424, MT834431, MT834425, MT834438, MT834439 and MT834426.

MSSA strains: MT834474, MT834481, MT834447, MT834455, MT834509, MT834375, MT834376, MT834488, MT834475, MT834456, MT834489, MT834377, MT834460, MT834378, MT834379, MT834461, MT834490, MT834457, MT834482, MT834491, MT834380, MT834483, MT834381, MT834382, MT834484, MT834505, MT834506, MT834492, MT834507, MT834485, MT834476, MT834502, MT834486, MT834383, MT834477, MT834503, MT834384, MT834493, MT834494, MT834385, MT834386, MT834462, MT834463, MT834387, MT834388, MT834464, MT834465, MT834513, MT834389, MT834495, MT834466, MT834390, MT834467, MT834468, MT834448, MT834487, MT834511, MT834496, MT834391, MT834497, MT834392, MT834504, MT834469, MT834498, MT834470, MT834393, MT834471, MT834394, MT834395, MT834472, MT834458, MT834479, MT834512, MT834396, MT834499, MT834473, MT834500, MT834397, MT834514, MT834501, MT834459, MT834480, MT834398 and MT834374.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

Raw sequencing data are available as Supplementary Files.

Funding

This study was supported by Fundamental Research Grant Scheme from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (Grant no: FRGS/1/2019/SKK08/UM/02/5). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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