DISSEMINATION OF A SINGLE CLONE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AMONG TURKISH HOSPITALS

Authors
VANBELKUM A VANLEEUWEN W VERKOOYEN R SACILIK SC COKMUS C VERBRUGH H
Citation
A. Vanbelkum et al., DISSEMINATION OF A SINGLE CLONE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AMONG TURKISH HOSPITALS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(4), 1997, pp. 978-981
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
978 - 981
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:4<978:DOASCO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A collection of 39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains derived from six different hospitals in Ankara and one hospita l in Barsa, Turkey, were analyzed by multiple genotyping. In agreement with the other genotyping assays, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of DNA macrorestriction fragments identified genetic homogeneity among a ll MRSA isolates studied. It is concluded that a major clone of MRSA h as spread through a large part of Turkey, causing longitudinally persi stent colonization in all of the institutions surveyed.