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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0036-3634</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Salud Pública de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Salud pública Méx]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0036-3634</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0036-36342020000200186</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21149/10786</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tracking methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a hospital in Southern Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Seguimiento de clonas de Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina en un hospital en el sur de México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortíz-Gil]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ángel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velazquez-Meza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria Elena]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Echániz-Aviles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mora-Domínguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier Paul]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carnalla-Barajas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Noemí]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendiola Del Moral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elsa Lilia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato Departamento de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[León Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Centro de Investigación sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cuernavaca Morelos]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz Laboratorio Clínico de Microbiología Médica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Veracruz ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>62</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>186</fpage>
<lpage>191</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0036-36342020000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0036-36342020000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0036-36342020000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Objective: To describe the clinical and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) strains that were collected in theHospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz(HRV).  Materials and methods: A total of 107 MRSA strains from individual patients were examined. The strains were collected between September 2009 and September 2010. The clinical and demographic characteristics of patients were analyzed; molecular typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) typing and multilocus sequence typing were used to characterize the isolates.  Results: Two PFGE patterns (NY/J and IB) were identified with 4 and 3 subtypes respectively. The isolates analyzed showed two SCCmec types (I and II) and two sequence types (ST): ST247 and ST5 related with the Iberian and New York/Japan clones respectively.  Conclusion: This study establishes the presence of two very important clonal lineages of MRSA: New York/Japan and Iberian clone in the hospital environment.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y moleculares de cepas deStaphylococcus aureusresistentes a meticilina (SARM) que fueron recolectadas en el Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz (HRV).  Material y métodos: Un total de 107 cepas de SARM fueron analizadas en el presente estudio. Las cepas estudiadas fueron recolectadas de septiembre de 2009 a septiembre de 2010. Las características clínicas y demográficas de los pacientes fueron analizadas; la tipificación molecular de las cepas se hizo por electroforesis en campos pulsados, casete cromosomal estafilococócico (SCCmec, en inglés) y secuenciación de múltiples locus.  Resultados: Dos patrones electroforéticos (NY/J y IB) fueron identificados con 4 y 3 subtipos respectivamente. Los aislamientos analizados mostraron dos tipos de SCCmec (I y II) y dos secuencias tipo (ST): ST247 y ST5 relacionados con las clonas Ibérica y Nueva York/Japón respectivamente.  Conclusión: Este estudio estableció la presencia en el medio hospitalario de dos linajes clonales de SARM importantes: Nueva York/Japón e Ibérico.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[clonas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
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