Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine 2001;0(05):-

Molecular epidemiology profile of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU ward.

Wei XIONG ; Hongbo WANG ; Min TU

Keywords

Ethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR)

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To investigate molecular epidemiology profile of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in ICU ward.Methods Twenty-five MRSA strains were typed by arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR).Results Ten different AP-PCR patterns (A-G) were found among 25 MRSA strains.Most of MRSA in ICU ward were A and B pulsotype.Conclusion Hospital acquired MRSA is multi-resistant to antibiotics.A and B pulsotype MRSA outbreak occures in ICU ward.