A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home



Authors: Kerttula AM, Lyytikäinen O, Vuopio-Varkila J, Ibrahem S, Agthe N, Broas M, Jägerroos H, Virolainen A

Publication year: 2005

Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Journal name in source: Journal of clinical microbiology

Journal acronym: J Clin Microbiol

Volume: 43

Issue: 12

First page : 6161

Last page: 3

Number of pages: 3

ISSN: 0095-1137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.12.6161-6163.2005


Abstract
Our point-prevalence survey followed an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a long-term care facility and identified five MRSA strains, of which two possessed an outbreak genotype not encountered previously and three had another profile. All of them possessed SCCmec type V. Six methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strains were genotypically related to the epidemic strains.



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