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10418755

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
All 105 non-replicate consecutive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in 1997 from seven Greek hospitals, were found to be susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin and chloramphenicol, but only five (8%) were susceptible to all 16 antibiotics tested. Forty-three (41%) isolates were methicillin-resistant, 58% homogeneously (homMRSA) and 42% heterogeneously (hetMRSA). Resistance of homMRSA strains to other antibiotics was generally high (88-100%), although only one strain was resistant to netilmicin. Resistance in hetMRSA (6-39%) or in MSSA (5-11%) was significantly lower. Consequently, the majority (76%) of homMRSA were multi-drug resistant, while the dominant phenotype of hetMRSA and MSSA was resistance to penicillin (50% and 76%, respectively). Comparison of these strains with isolates from 1994 showed higher resistance rates to erythromycin among MSSA, to erythromycin and amikacin among hetMRSA and to rifampicin among homMRSA strains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0924-8579
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A multi-centre study of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Greece. Greek MRSA Study Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study