The clinical and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in Fiji

Abstract

Background: There are few data describing the microbiology and genetic typing of Staphylococcus aureus that cause infections in developing countries.Methods: In this study we observed S. aureus infections in Pacific Island nation of Fiji in both the community and hospital setting with an emphasis on clonal complex (CC) genotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility.Results: S. aureus was commonly found in impetigo lesions of school children and was recovered from 57% of impetigo lesions frequently in conjunction with group A streptococcal infection. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) comprised 7% (20/299) of isolates and were all non-multi-resistant and all genotyped as CC1. In contrast, th..