title: A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian hospital.
abstract: We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from an MDRSE genotype identified in European hospitals, which may indicate that highly adaptable health care-associated genotypes of S. epidermidis have emerged and disseminated worldwide in the health care setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. mikael.widerstrom@jll.se
authors.forename: Micael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Widerström
authors.forename: Cheryll A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Geoffrey W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Coombs
authors.forename: Tor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monsen
authors.forename: Keryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Christiansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology