Erschienen in:
01.05.2005 | Concise Article
Comparison of genotypes of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in Finland
verfasst von:
S. Ibrahem, S. Salmenlinna, A.-M. Kerttula, A. Virolainen-Julkunen, P. Kuusela, J. Vuopio-Varkila
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 5/2005
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Abstract
The frequency of horizontal transfer of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is unknown. In order to gain more information regarding this frequency in Finland, the genotypes of 299 clinical methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates were compared to representatives of 24 epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes. Sixty-eight percent of the methicillin-sensitive isolates had a genotype similar to eight of the epidemic methicillin-resistant strains. The remaining isolates (32%) showed 22 different genotypes. The results indicate that, in Finland, several methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus genotypes may have acquired the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec.