Prevalence and Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish Hospitals between 1996 and 2002
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (1) , 266-270
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.44.1.266-270.2006
Abstract
Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of 2,144 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from patients in Spanish hospitals over a 7-year period revealed 17 predominant profiles. Typing showed the replacement of Iberian clone E1 (ST247-MRSA-I) by two prevalent clones, E7 and E8, that are closely related to each other and have the same genetic background as ST125-MRSA-IV.Keywords
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