Molecular pattern and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a teaching hospital in Northern Taiwan

• Published in: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 225 - 230
• Main Authors: Tai, Pei Wen, Huang, Cheng Hua, Lin, Qin Dong, Huang, Yang Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.06.2006
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - methods; Genotype; Humans; Methicillin Resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Taiwan - epidemiology; Taiwan

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection has progressively increased worldwide. Knowledge of the specific epidemiological pattern of isolates at individual hospitals is important. MRSA bacteremia was diagnosed in a total of 68 patients from January 2002 through December 2003, str...