Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee

Nabanita Mukherjee; Irshad M. Sulaiman; Pratik Banerjee

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.031

Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee

Nabanita Mukherjee, Irshad M. Sulaiman, Pratik Banerjee

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Abstract

Indoor skin-contact surfaces of public fitness centers may serve as reservoirs of potential human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We found a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) MRSA of clonal complex 59 lineage harboring a variety of extracellular toxin genes from surface swab samples collected from inanimate surfaces of fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee. Our findings underscore the role of inanimate surfaces as potential sources of transmission of MDR MRSA strains with considerable genetic diversity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1681-1683
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	44
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.031
State	Published - Dec 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antibiotic resistance
Community-acquired infections
Fomites
MRSA
Multiple antibacterial drug resistance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from fitness centers in the Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee

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