Article
Clonal dissemination of two MRSA strains in Germany.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 1994
Witte W, Cuny C, Braulke C, Heuck D
Abstract excerpt
Clonal dissemination of two different MRSA strains, both clumping factor negative, has been observed in Germany for more than a year. Both strains possess the mec-A determinant and each exhibits a characteristic genomic DNA fragment pattern. One strain has spread in the north, the other in the so...
Topics
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Base Sequence
- Coagulase
- Cross Infection
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Germany
- Humans
- Intensive Care Units
- Methicillin Resistance
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus Phages
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Virulence