Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated over a one-year period from a Greek hospital were tested for their levels of resistance to methicillin by population analysis. Heterogeneously resistant strains belonged to classes I, II, and II/III, whereas homogeneously resistant ones belonged to class IV. Strains of all classes possessed the mecA gene. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of Smal-digested genomic DNA revealed that all heterogeneously resistant strains were related. Homogeneously resistant strains were also closely related, but in a cluster distinct from the heterogeneous one. The methicillin-sensitive strains displayed a greater variety of PFGE types compared to MRSA isolates.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 170-173 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 8 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
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Tassios, P. T., Vatopoulos, A. C., Xanthaki, A., Mainas, E., Goering, R. V., & Legakis, N. J. (1997). Distinct genotypic clusters of heterogeneously and homogeneously methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a Greek hospital. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709481