Draft Genome Sequence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus KT/Y21, a Sequence Type 772 (ST772) Strain Isolated from a Pediatric Blood Sample in Terengganu, Malaysia.

Zarizal Suhaili Soo-Sum Lean Azifah Yahya Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa Abdul Manaf Ali Chew Chieng Yeo

Genome Announc

Faculty of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Published: April 2014

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain, KT/Y21, isolated from a blood sample of a pediatric patient. This strain belongs to sequence type 772 (ST772), harbors the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type V, and is positive for the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) pathogenic determinant.

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