Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clones: evidence of geographic dissemination

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field Denmark and Iceland are countries where the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is very low due to strict infection control and restrictive antibiotic use policies. In...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Main Authors: Miragaia, Maria, Couto, Isabel, Pereira, Sandro F F, Kristinsson, Karl G, Westh, Henrik, Jarløv, Jens O, Carriço, João, Almeida, Jonas, Santos-Sanches, Ilda, de Lencastre, Hermínia
Other Authors: Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA
Bacterial
Denmark
Drug Resistance
Multiple
Electrophoresis
Gel
Pulsed-Field
Hospitals
Humans
Iceland
Methicillin Resistance
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus epidermidis
World Health
Uruguay
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/119828
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.2.430-438.2002
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field Denmark and Iceland are countries where the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is very low due to strict infection control and restrictive antibiotic use policies. In contrast, methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE) continues to be isolated as a nosocomial pathogen. The molecular typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of 136 MRSE isolates from five hospitals in Denmark and 94 MRSE isolates from one hospital in Iceland collected in 1997 and 1998 defined 40 different patterns. Closely related PFGE types were found in isolates recovered in Iceland, Denmark, Mexico, Uruguay, Greece, and Cape Verde, evidencing for the first time the geographic clonal dissemination of MRSE strains. The large majority (87.4%) of the MRSE isolates studied were multiresistant.

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