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Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home.

Kerttula AM, Lyytikäinen O, Vuopio-Varkila J, Ibrahem S, Agthe N, Broas M, Jägerroos H, Virolainen A

Dept. of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland. anne-marie.kerttula@ktl.fi

Our point-prevalence survey followed an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a long-term care facility and identified five MRSA strains, of which two possessed an outbreak genotype not encountered previously and three had another profile. All of them possessed SCCmec type V. Six methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strains were genotypically related to the epidemic strains.

Published 7 December 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(12): 6161-3.
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