PMID:18234867

Citation	Feil, EJ, Nickerson, EK, Chantratita, N, Wuthiekanun, V, Srisomang, P, Cousins, R, Pan, W, Zhang, G, Xu, B, Day, NP and Peacock, SJ (2008) Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian hospitals. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46:1520-2
Abstract	We describe and validate a novel PCR assay to detect the pandemic hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) lineage ST 239. Results based on previously uncharacterized isolates from a hospital in northeast Thailand support the view that at least 90% of HA-MRSA isolates in mainland Asia correspond to ST 239 or close relatives.
Links	PubMed PMC2292922 Online version:10.1128/JCM.02238-07
Keywords	Asia/epidemiology; Cross Infection/epidemiology; Cross Infection/microbiology; Disease Outbreaks; Hospitals; Humans; Methicillin Resistance; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus/classification; Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus/genetics; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Time Factors
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