Aguiar-Alves A. Raji A. Nichol Golding

146 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | C2-1369 Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Myco- bacterium tuberculosis from Asian Countries

C. Nakajima

1 , Z. M. Rahim 2 , A. Tamaru 3 , B. D. Pandey 4 , B. Maharjan 5 , K. S. Aye 6 , A. Poudel 1 , Y. Suzuki 1 ; 1 Hokkaido Univ. Res. Ctr. for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan, 2 ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 3 Osaka Prefec- tural Inst. of Publ. Health, Osaka, Japan, 4 Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hosp., Kathmandu, Nepal, 5 GENETUP, Kathmandu, Nepal, 6 Dept. of Med. Res., Yangon, Myanmar. C2-1370 Phenotypic Resistance Profiles and Gene Mutations Associ- ated to Isoniazid and Rifampicin Resistance of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Guadalajara, México S. M. Flores-Treviño 1 , R. Morfin-Otero 2 , E. Rodriguez-Noriega 2 , G. Gonzalez 1 , Y. Hernandez 2 , N. Rodriguez 2 , E. Gonzalez-Diaz 2 , E. Garza- Gonzalez 1 ; 1 Univ. Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, 2 Univ. de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico. C2-1371 Molecular Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacte- rium tuberculosis among HIVTB Co-Infected Patients in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

O. K. Obunge

1 , N. Onyejepu 2 , P. Odeigah 2 ; 1 Univ. of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2 Univ. of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. C2-1372 Changing Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex TB Infections in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia: 8 Years Retrospective Study A. M. M. Somily, Jr., T. Naeem, Jr., A. Kambal; King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. C2-1373 Diabetes Mellitus is Important as HIV for Development of Tuberculosis Control Programmes: Seven Years Experience in a Mexican Teaching Hospital C. Emanuela 1 , M. Lichtner 1 , E. González Díaz 2 , M. Morfin Otero 2 , E. Rodriguez Noriega 3 , S. Savinelli 1 , H. Perez Gomez 4 , C. Mastroianni 1 , V. Vullo 1 ; 1 Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Roma, Italy, 2 Univ. de Guadalajara Mexico, Hosp. Civil de Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico, 3 Univ. de Guadalajara Mexico, Hosp. Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Roma, Mexico, 4 Univ. de Guadalajara Mexico, Hosp. Civil de Gua- dalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico. C2-1374 Tuberculosis Encephalitis in France E. Honnorat 1 , T. De Broucker 2 , A. Mailles 3 , J. Stahl 1 ; 1 Univ. I, Grenoble, France, 2 Hosp. Delafontaine, Saint-Denis, France, 3 French Public Hlth. Inst., Saint-Maurice, France. C2-1375 Outbreak of Mycobacterium abcessus subsp. boletti in Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil L. S. Nunes 1 , C. M. Cardoso 2 , F. de Paris 3 , L. F. Baethgen 4 , M. O. Ribeiro 2 , V. Farias 2 , M. G. Silva 5 , R. S. Duarte 5 , A. L. Barth 3,1 ; 1 Programa de Pós Graduação Ciências Médicas , Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2 Lab. Central de Saúde PúblicaRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 3 Hosp. de Clinc. de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 4 Programa de Pós Graduação em Patologia, Univ. Fedd de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 5 Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 169 C2 Poster Session MRSA: A Bug with International Appeal and Great Sense Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: C2-1376 Displacement of the Brazilian Endemic Clone BEC - SC- Cmec III by a Pediatric Clone SCCmec II Causing Shift in the Vancomycin MICs Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Isolated in Brazil E. A. M. Frigatto, C. G. Carvalhaes, B. Nonato, A. G. Souza, F. M. Inoue, V. G. S. Oliveira, R. Girardello, S. S. Andrade, A. M. O. Machado, A. C. Gales; UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil. C2-1377 Staphylococcus aureus International Clones Spread among Inpatients Attending in an University Hospital in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

F. Aguiar-Alves

1,2 , T. M. Costa 1,2 , N. Iorio 3,4 , M. C. Ferguson 1 , D. Caldeira 1 , J. Carballito 1 , K. R. N. dos Santos 4 , S. Mondino 1 ; 1 UFF, Niteroi, Brazil, 2 Fed- eral Fluminense Univ., Niteroi, Brazil, 3 UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4 Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. C2-1378 Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistant Staphy- lococcus aureus from a Teaching Hospital in South West Nigeria

M. A. Raji

1,2 , O. Ojemhen 2 , P. Basset 3 , D. Blanc 3 ; 1 Lagos State Univ. Coll. of Med., Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, 2 BT Hlth. Diagnostic Ctr., Ikeja, Nigeria, 3 CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. C2-1379 Continuing Evolution of USA300 CMRSA10 Communi- ty-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus CA-MRSA in Canadian Hospitals from 2007-2011

K. A. Nichol

1 , H. J. Adam 1,2 , M. R. Mulvey 3,2 , M. McCracken 3 , M. Baxter 2 , A. Onio 2 , D. J. Hoban 1,2 , G. G. Zhanel 2 , Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance CARA; 1 Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 2 Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 3 Natl. Microbiol. Lab., Winnipeg, Canada. C2-1380 Characterization of Community-Onset Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus COMRSA Infections through Population-Based Surveillance in Canada

G. Golding

1 , N. Vaid 2 , M. Gale-Rowe 2 , G. Jayaraman 2 , J. MacDonald 3 , L. Fang 2 , J. Njihia 2 , M. McCracken 1 , C. Archibald 2 , M. Mulvey 1 , T. Wong 2 , J. Embil 4 , J. Conly 3 , COMRSA Pilot Group; 1 PHAC, Winnipeg, Canada, 2 PHAC, Ottawa, Canada, 3 Alberta Hlth. Services, Calgary, Canada, 4 Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. C2-1381 Prospective Screening S for Vancomycin-Intermediate Susceptibility VISA and Heteroresistance hVISA among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Isolates Directly from Blood Culture BC Bottles S. Iyer, M. Sharma, L. B. Johnson, K. Riederer, S. Shemes, R. Khatib; St John Hosp. Med. Ctr., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI. C2-1382 Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage, Re- sistance Patterns and Genetic Lineages in Healthy German Adults R. Köck 1 , P. Werner 2 , A. W. Friedrich 3 , C. Fegeler 2 , Prevalence of Multi- resistant Microorganisms PMMStudy Group, K. Becker 1 ; 1 Univ. Hosp. of Münster, Münster, Germany, 2 Univ. Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany, 3 Univ. Hosp. Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. 147 TUESDAY SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Final Program C2-1383 Staphylococcal Isolates of Nasal Carriers May Share Genetic Resistance Elements R. Chamon 1 , V. C. Salgueiro 1 , M. Seixas 1 , L. D. Falcão - 2 , H. C. C. Póvoa 2 , K. R. N. dos Santos 1 , N. L. P. Iorio 2 ; 1 Rio de Janeiro Federal Univ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 Fluminense Federal Univ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. C2-1384 Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Infection Isolates in Iowa

R. Nair