title: [Bacteriophage types of methicillin--resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in 2005-2006 in the Gdańsk area and their resistance to other antibiotics].
abstract: The phage type of 38 methicillin--resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from clinical samples in 5 hospitals in the Gdańsk area in 2005-2007 was determined and antibiotic resistance of obtained phage types was analysed. Phage typing was performed using set of 10 phages as following: MR8, MR12, MR25, 30, 33, 38, M3, M5, 622, 56B. Drug resistance was determined by the disc--diffusion method. There were 12 phage types observed. The most frequent (28.9%) was 56B type which was present in 3 hospitals and in one hospital was found to be predominated. The studied strains were most frequent (23.7%) resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline and gentamicin. This resistance pattern predominated in strains belonging to 56B type.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej, Katedra Mikrobiologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku. kwis@amg.gda.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiśniewska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garbacz
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piechowicz
mesh_terms: D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013045:Species Specificity; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000145:classification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects*