Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in intensive care unit, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;20(9):1511-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2009.130225.

Abstract

During testing for Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit in France in 2011, we found that methicillin-sensitive S. aureus clonal complex 398 was the most frequent clone (29/125, 23.2%). It was isolated from patients (5/89, 5.6%), health care workers (2/63, 3.2%), and environmental sites (15/864, 1.7%). Results indicate emergence of this clone in a hospital setting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection*
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • France / epidemiology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Virulence Factors