METHICILLIN RESISTANCE IN AN EPIDEMIC STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS STRAIN WITH GENOMIC FINGERPRINTS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE OF A SENSITIVE STRAIN IN THE COMMUNITY

Authors
WITTE W CUNY C HALLE E MAUCH H WAGNER J
Citation
W. Witte et al., METHICILLIN RESISTANCE IN AN EPIDEMIC STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS STRAIN WITH GENOMIC FINGERPRINTS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE OF A SENSITIVE STRAIN IN THE COMMUNITY, Medical microbiology letters, 3(7), 1994, pp. 388-395
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
3
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
388 - 395
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1994)3:7<388:MRIAES>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from outbre aks of infections in 6 hospitals in Berlin exhibited genomic DNA fragm ent patterns (SmaI digestion) and rRNA-gene spacer patterns (length po lymorphism detected by PCR) which were different from those of previou sly known epidemic MRSA and nearly identical to those of S. aureus wit h phage pattern 95 and sensitivity to methicillin.