Abstract
Characterization of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and representatives of three MRSA clones from other hospitals was performed by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) and antibiotic susceptibility patterns. All isolates were mecA-positive and two main antibiotypes have been characterized. Two major clones were identified with AP-PCR related to the aforementioned antibiotypes. The combination of antibiotypes with AP-PCR patterns successfully identified the two major clones in our hospital, which are identical with the MRSA clones previously characterized in Athens and in Central and North Greece.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Colony Count, Microbial
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DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Greece / epidemiology
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Humans
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Methicillin Resistance*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
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Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification