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

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

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, cilt.10, sa.5, ss.465-471, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3855/jidc.6575
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.465-471
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: MRSA, colonization, PFGE, real-time PCR, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, SURVEILLANCE CULTURES, CHROMAGAR MRSA, PREVALENCE, MULTICENTER, INFECTIONS, BACTEREMIA, ADMISSION
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.