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

Hadjihannas, Linos; Psichogiou, Mina; Empel, Joanna; Kosmidis, Chris; Goukos, Dimitrios; Bouzala, Jina; Georgopoulos, Sotirios; Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Daikos, George L

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012

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Title		Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece
Authors		Hadjihannas, Linos Psichogiou, Mina Empel, Joanna Kosmidis, Chris Goukos, Dimitrios Bouzala, Jina Georgopoulos, Sotirios Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen Daikos, George L show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2012, vol. 74, no. 4, p. 420-2
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.
Keywords		Carrier State/epidemiology/microbiology — Cluster Analysis — Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology/microbiology — Diagnostic Tests, Routine — Female — Genotype — Greece/epidemiology — Humans — Male — Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification/genetics/isolation & purification — Middle Aged — Molecular Epidemiology — Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology/microbiology
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012 PMID: 23021063
Full text		Article (Published version) (138 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research group		Epidémiologie et contrôle de la résistance aux antibiotiques (866)
Citation (ISO format)		HADJIHANNAS, Linos et al. Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece. In: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2012, vol. 74, n° 4, p. 420-2. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.012 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:32518