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. 2001 Oct;39(10):3727-32.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3727-3732.2001.

Epidemiology and susceptibility of 3,051 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 25 university hospitals participating in the European SENTRY study

A C Fluit  1 , C L Wielders, J Verhoef, F J Schmitz
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Epidemiology and susceptibility of 3,051 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 25 university hospitals participating in the European SENTRY study

A C Fluit et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Oct.

Abstract

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.

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Distributions of MSSA and MRSA isolates for different wards within the hospital.
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Percent resistance to selected antibiotics for S. aureus isolates for which oxacillin MICs varied.
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Number of drugs to which S. aureus isolates were resistant for selected antibiotics (oxacillin, penicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, rifampin, and chloramphenicol) (number of resistances). Note that MRSA isolates were always resistant to two of these antimicrobial agents.
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