title: Detection of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in a French hospital.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus isolates were screened for reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides with an initial glycopeptide agar screening test, followed by confirmation of the strains thus identified by two Etest strip techniques and population analysis. This procedure detected 48 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides from 24 patients among 883 MRSA isolates tested. The dissemination of a single clone was confirmed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Chambéry Teaching Hospital, Chambéry, France. f.olivier.mallaval@chu-st-etienne.fr
authors.forename: F-O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Mallaval
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carricajo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delavenna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Recule
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fonsale
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manquat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raffenot
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rogeaux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tous
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017334:Teicoplanin; D014640:Vancomycin