Τίτλος:
Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Fifty-one of 925 patients screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) upon admission to a surgical unit were MRSA carriers; 15 were classified as community- and 36 as hospital-associated-MRSA. Fourteen of 22 isolates typed by molecular methods belonged to the European clone ST80-IVc, 3 of which exhibited resistance to ≥3 non-β-lactam antibiotics. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Συγγραφείς:
Hadjihannas, L.
Psichogiou, M.
Empel, J.
Kosmidis, C.
Goukos, D.
Bouzala, J.
Georgopoulos, S.
Malhotra-Kumar, S.
Harbarth, S.
Daikos, G.L.
Περιοδικό:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
ciprofloxacin; clindamycin; cotrimoxazole; erythromycin; fusidic acid; gentamicin; rifampicin; tetracycline, adult; antibiotic resistance; article; bacterial colonization; bacterium isolate; controlled study; female; Greece; hospital infection; human; major clinical study; male; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection; molecular cloning; molecular typing; priority journal; surgical patient; tertiary health care, Carrier State; Cluster Analysis; Community-Acquired Infections; Diagnostic Tests, Routine; Female; Genotype; Greece; Humans; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; Molecular Epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections
DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012