Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece

Linos Hadjihannas; Mina Psichogiou; Joanna Empel; Chris Kosmidis; Dimitrios Goukos; Jina Bouzala; Sotirios Georgopoulos; Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar; Stephan Harbarth; George L Daikos; MOSAR-WP no. 1 and 4 study teams

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012

Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;74(4):420-2. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012. Epub 2012 Sep 26.

Authors

Linos Hadjihannas¹, Mina Psichogiou, Joanna Empel, Chris Kosmidis, Dimitrios Goukos, Jina Bouzala, Sotirios Georgopoulos, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Stephan Harbarth, George L Daikos; MOSAR-WP no. 1 and 4 study teams

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 23021063
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology*
Cluster Analysis
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Female
Genotype
Greece / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*