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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2001, p. 3727-3732, Vol. 39, No. 10
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3727-3732.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Epidemiology and Susceptibility of 3,051 Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from 25 University Hospitals Participating in the European SENTRY Study

A. C. Fluit,1,*,dagger C. L. C. Wielders,1 J. Verhoef,1,dagger and F.-J. Schmitz1,2,dagger

Eijkman-Winkler Institute for Microbiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands,1 and Institute for Medical Microbiology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany2

Received 11 May 2001/Returned for modification 18 June 2001/Accepted 22 July 2001

A total of 3,051 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates in Europe were compared. MRSA isolates constituted 25% of all isolates and were more prevalent in southern Europe. MRSA isolates appeared to be more prevalent in intensive care units than in outpatient departments. Only a small minority of MSSA isolates were multidrug resistant, whereas the majority of MRSA isolates were multidrug resistant.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Eijkman-Winkler Institute, University Medical Center, Room G04.614, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 30 2507630. Fax: 31 30 2541770. E-mail: A.C.Fluit{at}azu.lab.nl.

dagger This author is a member of the European SENTRY Participants Group, which includes H. Mittermayer, Linz, Austria; M. Struelens, Brussels, Belgium; F. Goldstein and V. Jarlier, Paris, and J. Etienne and P. R. Courcol, Lille, France; F. Daschner, Freiburg, and U. Hadding, Düsseldorf, Germany; N. Legakis, Athens, Greece; G.-C. Schito, Genoa, and G. Raponi, Rome, Italy; P. Heczko, Cracow, and W. Hyrniewicz, Warsaw, Poland; D. Costa, Coimbra, Portugal; E. Perea, Seville, F. Baquero, Madrid, and R. Martin Alvarez, Barcelona, Spain; J. Bille, Lausanne, Switzerland; G. French, London, United Kingdom; R. Andoni, Tirana, Albania; V. Korten, Istanbul, and S. Unal and D. Gür, Ankara, Turkey; and N. Keller, Hash Homer, Israel.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2001, p. 3727-3732, Vol. 39, No. 10
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3727-3732.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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