Methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in intensive care unit patients: Early identification and molecular typing

DURMAZ G., Sanci O., ÖZ Y., GÜVEN K., Kiremitci A., Aksit F.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.10, no.5, pp.465-471, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.6575
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.465-471
  • Keywords: MRSA, colonization, PFGE, real-time PCR, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, SURVEILLANCE CULTURES, CHROMAGAR MRSA, PREVALENCE, MULTICENTER, INFECTIONS, BACTEREMIA, ADMISSION
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Early detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in colonized patients is very important for infection control procedures to prevent MRSA spread. We aimed to monitor MRSA carriage in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and to evaluate the speed and efficiency of conventional culture, immunological, chromogenic, and molecular methods together with genotyping.