title: [Molecular genetic typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains, isolated in hospitals of different regions of the Russia and Belarus].
abstract: The study of the length of the amplification products of the coagulase gene with the subsequent restriction analysis (the method of PCR--restrictive fragment length polymorphism, or RFLP) was used for typing 90 S. aureus strains. Among the strains under study, 78 were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains, including 74 obtained in 1986 - 2002 in hospitals of different cities of the Russia and Belarus, as well as epidemic strains EMRSA-1, -2, -3, -12, obtained from the National Laboratory of Health, London (UK). The use of this method made it possible to type all the strains under study, which were differentiated into 9 groups by means of endonuclease Sfo1 and 7 groups by means of Alu1. Majority of clinical MRSA strains, belonged, according to the type of restriction, to groups 4 and 5. The study of the coagulase gene by the method of PCR - RFLP made it possible: to analyze the epidemic situation in hospitals for a period of several years; to compare the properties of strains isolated in different hospitals; to establish the genetic relationship of strains, isolated in 1998 - 2002, with strains, isolated in 1986 - 1990. The results of the study suggest that at least two epidemic MRSA strains, genetically similar to international strains, circulate in hospitals of Russia.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Dmitrenko
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Shaginian
authors.forename: V Ia
authors.initials: VIa
authors.lastname: Prokhorov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Matveev
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gintsburg
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003030:Coagulase / Q000235:genetics; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003030:Coagulase