New phage type among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with a local outbreak in Belgium during 2002
In total, 150 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected during 2002 from a general Belgian hospital were phage-typed at routine test dilution × 100. The majority (45%) belonged to phage group (J)*, while 10% were classified as a new phage type 29/(42E) / 54/(D11)*. The is...
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Published in | Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 1036 - 1038 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Elsevier Ltd
01.10.2006
Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell |
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Summary: | In total, 150 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected during 2002 from a general Belgian hospital were phage-typed at routine test dilution × 100. The majority (45%) belonged to phage group (J)*, while 10% were classified as a new phage type 29/(42E) / 54/(D11)*. The isolates belonging to this new type carried the aac(6')-aph(2”) and the aph(3') aminoglycoside resistance genes and showed high-level resistance to oxacillin. Molecular typing revealed that they belonged to the multiresistant clonal pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) type D8. PFGE group D, characterised as genotype ST228-MRSA-I, has been present in Belgian hospitals since 1999. |
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ISSN: | 1198-743X 1469-0691 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01516.x |