New phage type among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with a local outbreak in Belgium during 200236775
Wildemauwe, C. Godard, C. Joseph, R. De Ryck, R. Deplano, A. Damee, S. Van Bossuyt, E. Vanhoof, R. Struelens, M.
Wildemauwe, C.
Godard, C.
Joseph, R.
De Ryck, R.
Deplano, A.
Damee, S.
Van Bossuyt, E.
Vanhoof, R.
Struelens, M.
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In total, 150 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected during 2002 from a general Belgian hospital were phage-typed at routine test dilution x 100. The majority (45%) belonged to phage group (J)*, while 10% were classified as a new phage type 29/(42E)/54/(D11)*. The isolates belonging to this new type carried the aac(6')-aph(2'') and the aph(3') aminoglycoside resistance genes and showed high-level resistance to oxacillin. Molecular typing revealed that they belonged to the multiresistant clonal pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) type D8. PFGE group D, characterised as genotype ST228-MRSA-I, has been present in Belgian hospitals since 1999
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2006-10-15
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article, AS, at, Bacteriophage Typing, Belgian, Belgium, Brussels, d, Disease Outbreaks, drug effects, Electrophoresis, epidemiology, gene, general, Genes, Genotype, Group, hospital, hospitals, Humans, im, Institute, IS, isolation & purification, journal, Methicillin Resistance, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, microbiology, Molecular, Molecular Typing, MRSA, national, outbreak, Oxacillin, Phage type, present, Print, resistance, routine, SB - IM, Staphylococcal Infections, staphylococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Test, Type, virology