caa a22 4500 475831772 CHVBK 20180406123842.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960000399 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960000399 Characterization of Epidemic and Nonepidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in a University Hospital in Northeast Germany [Elektronische Daten] [B. Panzig, G. Schröder, K. Schulz]  The aim of this study was to analyze methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated during a 1-year period by means of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, resistance phenotyping and determination of biochemical features. Eight different resistance phenotypes with the predominant resistance type Pen Oxa Cip (penicillin, oxacillin, ciprofloxacin) were observed. None of the strains tested exhibited decreased susceptibility to vancomycin, but two strains were resistant to mupirocin. Genetic relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates could be shown for two outbreaks, one of which was caused by a clone with an epidemic potential concerning duration of colonization/infection of patients and dissemination of the strains in the hospital. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Panzig B. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut Schröder G. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut Schulz K. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000399 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000399 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Panzig B. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schröder G. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schulz K. Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Martin Luther Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany e-mail: panzigb@uni-greifswald.de Tel:+49-3834-865556 Fax: +49-3834-865583, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer