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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6161-6163, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6161-6163.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Epidemiology of an Outbreak Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Health Care Ward and Associated Nursing Home

Anne-Marie Kerttula,1,5* Outi Lyytikäinen,2 Jaana Vuopio-Varkila,1,3 Salha Ibrahem,1 Niina Agthe,2 Markku Broas,4 Henrik Jägerroos,4 and Anni Virolainen1

Department of Microbiology,1 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, 00300 Helsinki,2 Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00014 Helsinki,3 Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi,4 Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland5

Received 13 September 2005/ Accepted 15 September 2005

Our point-prevalence survey followed an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a long-term care facility and identified five MRSA strains, of which two possessed an outbreak genotype not encountered previously and three had another profile. All of them possessed SCCmec type V. Six methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strains were genotypically related to the epidemic strains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Public Health Institute; Dept. of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358-09-47448558. Fax: 358-9-47448238. E-mail: anne-marie.kerttula{at}ktl.fi.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6161-6163, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6161-6163.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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