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1684596

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS) was used to examine isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from an outbreak of wound infections on a cardiothoracic surgical unit, some of which were thought to have been related to a point-source in the operating theatre. The PyMS results were compared with the results of phage typing. Both methods suggested that a single strain of S. aureus, of phage pattern 29/52/52A/79/80/81, was responsible for some of the wound infections, but PyMS also identified two patients with phage non-typable isolates. Phage typing indicated four staff members as possible carriers of the epidemic strain, but PyMS indicated only two. Epidemiological enquiry confirmed that one of the two members of staff identified by both methods was likely to have been the source of the theatre-based infection. PyMS is a rapid and relatively inexpensive technique for the investigation of nosocomial S. aureus infection and was more discriminatory than phage typing in this instance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Inter-strain comparison by pyrolysis mass spectrometry in the investigation of Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study