title: Dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Turkish hospitals.
abstract: A collection of 39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) stains derived from six different hospitals in Ankara and one hospital in Barsa, Turkey, were analyzed by multiple genotyping. In agreement with the other genotyping assays, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of DNA macrorestriction fragments identified genetic homogeneity among all MRSA isolates studies. It is concluded that a major clone of MRSA has spread through a large part of Turkey, causing longitudinally persistent colonization in all of the institutions surveyed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vanbelkum@bacl.azr.nl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verkooyen
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Saçilik
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cokmus
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verbrugh
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D008712:Methicillin