Changes in major populations of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Belgium
Wildemauwe, C. Godard, C. Vanhoof, R. Bossuyt, E.V. Hannecart-Pokorni, E.
Wildemauwe, C.
Godard, C.
Vanhoof, R.
Bossuyt, E.V.
Hannecart-Pokorni, E.
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A total of 102 epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected in 13 Belgian hospitals during two periods (1981-1985 and 1991-1992) were tested for phage-type, for the presence of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes (AME), and examined by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR). All isolates, but five, belonged to a few distinct phage-types of group III. Most isolates expressed a combination of AAC(6')-APH(2") with APH(3')III, and ANT(4',4") or both. Both phage-typing and AME suggested a change in the MRSA population between the two periods but the AP-PCR method revealed only slight differences
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1995-12-11
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a, Agent, Agents, ALL, Aminoglycosides, Anti-Bacterial Agents, article, Bacteriophage Typing, Belgian, Belgium, Change, Changes, classification, Combination, Cross Infection, differences, Dna, DNA Fingerprinting, DNA,Bacterial, drug effects, Drug Resistance,Microbial, Electrophoresis,Gel,Pulsed-Field, Enzymes, enzymology, epidemic, epidemiology, Group, hospital, hospitals, Humans, im, IS, journal, Methicillin Resistance, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, method, microbiology, MRSA, period, Phage type, pharmacology, polymerase chain reaction, POPULATION, Populations, prevalence, Print, SB - IM, Staphylococcal Infections, staphylococcus, Staphylococcus aureus