Epidemiological survey of the first case of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Europe

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 143; no. 4; pp. 745 - 748
• Main Authors: FRIÃES, A., RESINA, C., MANUEL, V., LITO, L., RAMIREZ, M., MELO-CRISTINO, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Amputation; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic-resistant infections; Antibiotics; Bacterial infections; Bacterial typing; Cloning; Colonization; Disease control; Drug resistance; Female; Hemodialysis; Humans; Hypotheses; Infectious disease epidemiology; Medical personnel; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Molecular Epidemiology; Patients; Phylogeny; Portugal - epidemiology; S. aureus (MRSA); SHORT REPORT; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus infections; Vancomycin Resistance; Portugal; United States > US; Europe; infectious disease epidemiology; methicillin-resistant; bacterial infections; Antibiotic resistance; S. aureus (MRSA); bacterial typing

We report on the follow-up and epidemiological study triggered by the isolation of the first vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) detected in Europe. The patient and 53 close contacts were screened for S. aureus colonization and all isolates recovered were characterized by multiple mole...