Journal article
Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a large geographic area of the United States
Journal of Hospital Infection, Vol.53(2), pp.103-110
02/2003
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1328
PMID: 12586568
Abstract
Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus has rapidly increased over the last two decades. This increase is paralleled by the emergence of unique multi-resistant MRSA clones. In Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal and Czech Republic a specific MRSA clone is widely spread, the so-called Brazilian epidemic clone. Another epidemic clone, the Iberian clone, is disseminated in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Scotland, Italy, Germany and New York. Thus, a large number of hospital-acquired infections have been caused by specific MRSA clones. Using different molecular techniques for MRSA typing, we verified that two unique epidemic clones are spread over large geographic area in the US. In addition, we showed that a previously described MRSA clone type, the New York clone (I::A:A), is widely spread beyond the New York frontiers.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a large geographic area of the United States
- Creators
- M.V da Silva Coimbra - Hospital de Força Aérea do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilM.C Silva-Carvalho - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitaria, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilH Wisplinghoff - Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Cologne, GermanyG.O Hall - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United StatesS Tallent - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United StatesS Wallace - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United StatesM.B Edmond - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United StatesA.M.S Figueiredo - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitaria, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilR.P Wenzel - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Hospital Infection, Vol.53(2), pp.103-110
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1053/jhin.2002.1328
- PMID
- 12586568
- ISSN
- 0195-6701
- eISSN
- 1532-2939
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2003
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905642202771
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