title: Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece.
abstract: Fifty-one of 925 patients screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) upon admission to a surgical unit were MRSA carriers; 15 were classified as community- and 36 as hospital-associated-MRSA. Fourteen of 22 isolates typed by molecular methods belonged to the European clone ST80-IVc, 3 of which exhibited resistance to ≥3 non-β-lactam antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Linos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hadjihannas
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Psichogiou
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Empel
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kosmidis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goukos
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouzala
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Georgopoulos
authors.forename: Surbhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malhotra-Kumar
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harbarth
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daikos
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*