title: Clonal dissemination of two MRSA strains in Germany.
abstract: Clonal dissemination of two different MRSA strains, both clumping factor negative, has been observed in Germany for more than a year. Both strains possess the mec-A determinant and each exhibits a characteristic genomic DNA fragment pattern. One strain has spread in the north, the other in the south-west of Germany. Intensive care units are mainly affected by MRSA-infections and probably play a special role in further intra- and inter-hospital spread.
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuny
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braulke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heuck
mesh_terms: D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D001483:Base Sequence; D003030:Coagulase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial