While numerous studies examine the epidemiology and molecular characterization of in most developed countries, the detailed molecular characterization and molecular epidemiology of strains and clones in Africa is lacking. We determined the molecular epidemiology and virulence of 81 non-duplicate isolates of from Benin-City, Nigeria, collected during January-July 2016, and compared with global strains. Forty-seven isolates (58.0%) were found to be methicillin-sensitive (MSSA), while 34 (42.0%) were methicillin-resistant (MRSA). ST152-MSSA (24.7%) and ST7-MRSA-V (19.8%) were the dominant groups identified, which were not genetically related to global predominant strains, but rather exhibited regional dominance. An interesting finding of the study was the presence of highly related strains in the region, which differed primarily in their methicillin resistance gene carriage, staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC), with 99.4-99.7% relatedness between the genomes of the strains within the MRSA-MSSA pairs. This suggest that the strains within a pair are experiencing gain or loss of SCC within local conditions, with evolution continuing to diversify the strains to a small degree. This study represents the most comprehensive genetic and virulence study of in Nigeria.
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