The sequence of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
strain B6 (sequence type 30 [ST30],
spa
type t433, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette
mec
element [SCC
mec
] type IVc, Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL] positive), isolated from a pediatric patient with a lung infection in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is described here. The draft genome sequence includes a 2.8-Mb chromosome, accompanied by a 20-kb plasmid containing
blaZ
and two small cryptic plasmids.