Article
Molecular epidemiological analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Chinese pediatric patients.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Zhang W, Shen X, Zhang H, Wang C, Deng Q, Liu L, Yang Y
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular epidemiological analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from five pediatric hospitals in China. Seventy-three MRSA isolates were analyzed by a combination of different genotyping methods, including multilocus sequence typing (MLST), SCCmec and spa typing. Panton-Valentine Leukocin (PVL) gene was also detected. The prevalent strains were ST239-MRSA-III...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- China
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial