A multidrug-resistant, methicillin-susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit in Oslo, Norway.
Over a 6-month period in 2008, approximately 15% of all Staphylococcus aureus isolates from our neonatal intensive care unit were resistant to penicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin and clindamycin. Extended antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular profiling revealed an outbreak of an S. aureus strain with a rare susceptibility pattern for a Scandinavian setting.
Grub
Carola
C
Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway. carolagrub@hotmail.com
Holberg-Petersen
Mona
M
Medbø
Sverre
S
Andersen
Bjørg Marit
BM
Syversen
Gaute
G
Melby
Kjetil K
KK
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008712:Methicillin