Article
Molecular surveillance and population structure analysis of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in high-risk wards.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Sergi Simona, Donnarumma Francesca, Mastromei Giorgio, Goti Emanuele, Nicoletti Pierluigi, Pecile Patrizia, Cecconi Daniela, Mannino Roberta, Fanci Rosa, Bosi Alberto, Bartolozzi Benedetta, Casalone Enrico
Abstract excerpt
In this study we report the results of analysis of 253 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (132 methicillin [meticillin]-resistant S. aureus [MRSA] isolates and 121 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus [MSSA] isolates) from 209 patients admitted to 18 high-risk wards of six hospitals located in Florence, Italy, over an 8-month period during which a program of epidemiological surveillance of hospital-acquired...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis