epidermidis SEPI agr Types I tI and II tII Isolates from Endophthalmitis J. Bispo Kelesidis

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

1 , S. Wardyn 2 , M. Quick 2 , J. Wu 2 , T. Smith 2 ; 1 Univ. of Iowa Coll. of Publ. Health, Coralville, IA, 2 Univ. of Iowa, Coralville, IA. C2-1385 Diversity of SCC mec Elements in MRSA from Russia V. V. Gostev 1 , A. E. Goncharov 2 , S. V. Sidorenko 1,2 ; 1 Res. Inst. of Children’s Infections, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2 I.I. Mechnikov North West State Med. Univ., Saint- Petersburg, Russian Federation. C2-1386 Simultaneous Presence of SCCmec Types IV and V Elements in a Clinical MRSA Isolate A. Romanov 1 , Y. Chernov 1 , M. Edelstein 1 , E. Moskvitina 2 , A. Dekhnich 1 ; 1 Inst. of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Smolensk, Russian Federation, 2 Federal Med. Biological Agency Clinical Hosp. No. 81, Seversk, Russian Federation. C2-1387 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying the PVL Gene with Reduced Sensibility to Vancomycin Isolated from a Newborn C. O. da Silva, R. C. Chamon, N. L. P. Iorio, F. S. Cavalcante, D. C. Ferreira, K. R. N. dos Santos; Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. C2-1388 Molecular and Phenotypic Characters of Methicillin-Resis- tant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Empyema in Central Taiwan

W. Wang

1,2 , T. Chiueh 1 , S. Tsao 3 ; 1 Natl. Defense Med. Ctr., Taipei, Taiwan, 2 Fong-Yuan Hosp., Taichung, Taiwan, 3 Chung Shan Med. Univ. Hosp., Taichung, Taiwan. C2-1389 Cefazolin High-Iinoculum Effect in Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus MSSA from South American SA Hospitals

S. Rincon ,

1 , J. Reyes 1 , L. P. Carvajal 1 , B. E. Murray, 2 , E. C. Nannini 3 , C. A. Arias 2 ; 1 Univ. El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia, 2 Univ. of Texas Med. Sch. at Houston, Houston, TX, 3 Univ. Nal de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. C2-1390 Reversal of Vancomycin VAN MIC Creep in S. aureus SA Strains Isolated from Blood

E. L. Palavecino, J. W. Johnson, J. C. Williamson; Wake Forest Sch. of Med., Winston Salem, NC.

C2-1391 Vancomycin Susceptibility in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Over 10 Years: MIC Decrease After a Transient Creep R. Khatib, M. Sharma, L. B. Johnson, K. Riederer, S. Shemes, S. Iyer; St. John Hosp. Med. Ctr., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI. C2-1392 Low Prevalence of hVISA among S. aureus Bloodstream Isolates and No Evidence of MIC Creep in the Cologne Metro- politan Area

H. Seifert, D. Stefanik, A. Kaasch; Univ. of Cologne, Köln, Germany. C2-1393

A Plasmid-Borne System for Assessing the Excision and Integration of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Mec SCCMec Mediated By CcrA And CcrB

L. Wang, G. Archer; Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA. C2-1394

High Level Mupirocin Resistance and In Vitro Activity of Fusidic Acid among Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates T. Hosbul, B. Bektore, M. Ozyurt; Gulhane Military Med. Academy, Hay- darpasa Training Hosp., Istanbul, Turkey. C2-1395 Accessory Gene Regulator AGR Function, rpoB Mutations and Vancomycin VA Susceptibility in Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Blood Isolates M. Camoez, J. Sierra, F. Tubau, O. Gasch, M. Pujol, J. Liñares, R. Martín, M. Domínguez; Hosp. Univ. Bellvitge. UB. IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain. C2-1396 Molecular Epidemiology of Community-Acquired MRSA Causing Skin and Skin Structure Infections in Argentina

S. Fernandez

1 , N. Gardella 1 , M. Lopez Furst 2 , L. De Vedia 3 , M. Stryjewski 4 , M. Ganaha 5 , S. Prieto 6 , E. Carbone 7 , N. Lista 3 , F. Rotrying 8 , M. Mollerach 1 ; 1 FFyB UBA, Caba, Argentina, 2 S. Mendez, Caba, Argentina, 3 Hosp. Muñiz, Caba Argentina, 4 CEMIC, Caba, Argentina, 5 Hosp. V Lopez y Planes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6 Hosp. NS de Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 Hosp. Aeronáutico, Caba, Argentina, 8 Hosp. UAI, Caba, Argentina. C2-1397 Molecular Epidemiology of Community-Acquired MRSA Causing Invasive Disease in Argentina in 2010 and 2011

S. Fernandez

1 , N. Gardella 1 , S. Di Gregorio 1 , M. Lopez Furst 2 , L. De Vedia 3 , M. Stryjewski 4 , C. Ganaha 5 , S. Prieto 6 , E. Carbone 7 , N. Lista 3 , F. Rotrying 8 , M. Mollerach 1 ; 1 UBA, Caba, Argentina, 2 S.Mendez, Caba, Argentina, 3 Hosp. Muñiz, Caba, Argentina, 4 CEMIC, Caba, Ar- gentina, 5 Hosp. V lopez y Planes, BA, Argentina, 6 Hosp. NS de Luján, BA, Argentina, 7 Hosp. Aeronautico, Caba, Argentina, 8 UAI, Caba, Argentina. C2-1398 Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections Absssi Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An Emerging Problem in Argentina A. Mykietiuk, P. Pessacq, M. Obed, B. Alcorta, G. Bertoni, P. Damico, E. Scaglione, J. Poggio, G. Guerrini, A. Calmaggi; HIGA ROSSI, La Plata, Argentina. C2-1399 Dynamics of the Emergence of Quinolone Resistance in Staphylococci from the Nasal Microbiota of Patients Treated by Fluoroquinolones A. Munier, V. de Lastours, F. Barbier, B. Fantin, R. Ruimy; EA3964 Univ. Paris Diderot, Paris, France. C2-1400 Distinct Frequency of Biofilm BF-Related Genes among Ciprofloxacin CIP Susceptible and Resistant

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P. J. Bispo

1 , D. Miller 2 ; 1 Federal Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Bascom Palmer Eye Inst., Miami, FL. C2-1401 Microbiologic Features and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Linezolid Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococcal Isolates in a Tertiary Center

T. Kelesidis

1 , B. Gu 1 , S. Tsiodras 2 , R. Humphries 1 ; 1 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, CA, 2 Univ. of Athens Med. Sch., Athens, Greece. Late-breaker presentations are listed behind the Late-breaker tab of the Final Program. 148 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 170 D Poster Session Detection of Bacteremia and Biomarkers for Sepsis Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: D-1402 Usefulness of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein as Diagnostic Markers of Bacterial Infection in Febrile Neutropenia M. Aimoto , H. Koh, M. Bingo , M. Yoshida, H. Okamura, T. Yoshimura , A. Inaba, S. Koh , S. Nanno , M. Nishimoto , Y. Hayashi , A. Hirose, M. Nakamae, K. Hagihara, Y. Terada, T. Nakane, H. Nakamae, , M. Hino; Graduate Sch. of Med., Osaka City Univ., Osaka, Japan. D-1403 Use of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1-Alpha MCP- 1 Ơ, Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Type 1 sTNFR-1 and C-Reactive Protein CRP in the Prediction of Fever in Neutropenic Patients A. V. Macedo, H. Bittencourt, A. S. Miranda, M. Marriel, V. C. S. Rocha, A. L. Teixeira, V. Nobre; Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. D-1404 Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor suPAR Levels May Predict Positive Blood Cultures in Systemic Inflam- matory Response Syndrome M. Hoenigl, R. B. Raggam, J. Wagner, A. J. Grisold, W. Krammer, K. Seeber, F. Prueller, E. Leitner, R. Krause; Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria. D-1405 Is Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activation Receptor SUPAR A Valuable Tool in the Follow-Up Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Malignancy?

S. Kaya