2006•Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen access

Prevalence and Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish Hospitals between 1996 and 2002

Ana Vindel, Pilar Trincado, E. Gómez, Roberto Cabrera, Teresa Boquete, C. Solà, Sylvia Valdezate, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of 2,144 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from patients in Spanish hospitals over a 7-year period revealed 17 predominant profiles. Typing showed the replacement of Iberian clone E1 (ST247-MRSA-I) by two prevalent clones, E7 and E8, that are closely related to each other and have the same genetic background as ST125-MRSA-IV.

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Key concepts: Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiology, Typing, Micrococcaceae, clone (Java method), Staphylococcal infections, Meticillin