ST Clonal Type MRSA in East Malaysia

Research monograph on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA),a population based study,present important information on CA-MRSA in East Malaysian children that nclude:sequence type(ST)30-SCCmec,IV-PVL,ST 239SCCmec 111-PVL negative-spa type t037 and ST45-SCCmec 1V-PV-negative.Monograph will be useful to infectious disease researchers, healthcare workers and researchers interested to detect and prevent the spread of CA-MRSA.

Murtaza bin MustafaIs a former Head Department of Microbiology Queen Elizabeth Hospiatl Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia, at present an associate Professor of Infectious Diseases in Faculty of Medicine. His interests are the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of heaththcare infections include; CA-MRSAM,Helicobacter pylori and Melioidosis.