A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital

We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable fro...

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Main Authors: Widerström, M., McCullough, C., Coombs, Geoffrey, Monsen, T., Christiansen, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35668
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author Widerström, M.
McCullough, C.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Monsen, T.
Christiansen, K.
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description We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from an MDRSE genotype identified in European hospitals, which may indicate that highly adaptable health care-associated genotypes of S. epidermidis have emerged and disseminated worldwide in the health care setting. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-356682023-02-22T06:24:20Z A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital Widerström, M. McCullough, C. Coombs, Geoffrey Monsen, T. Christiansen, K. We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from an MDRSE genotype identified in European hospitals, which may indicate that highly adaptable health care-associated genotypes of S. epidermidis have emerged and disseminated worldwide in the health care setting. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35668 10.1128/JCM.06456-11 unknown
spellingShingle Widerström, M.
McCullough, C.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Monsen, T.
Christiansen, K.
A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title_full A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title_fullStr A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title_full_unstemmed A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title_short A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital
title_sort multidrug-resistant staphylococcus epidermidis clone (st2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a western australian hospital
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35668