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A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian hospital.
- Source :
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Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2012 Jun; Vol. 50 (6), pp. 2147-51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 21. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from an MDRSE genotype identified in European hospitals, which may indicate that highly adaptable health care-associated genotypes of S. epidermidis have emerged and disseminated worldwide in the health care setting.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cluster Analysis
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Genotype
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
Staphylococcus epidermidis classification
Staphylococcus epidermidis genetics
Western Australia epidemiology
Cross Infection epidemiology
Cross Infection microbiology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis drug effects
Staphylococcus epidermidis isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-660X
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22442320
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.06456-11