Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2014)

Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in Intensive Care Unit, France

  • Anne-Sophie Brunel,
  • Anne-Laure Bañuls,
  • Hélène Marchandin,
  • Nicolas Bouzinbi,
  • David Morquin,
  • Estelle Jumas-Bilak,
  • Philippe Corne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.130225
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 9
pp. 1511 – 1515

Abstract

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During testing for Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit in France in 2011, we found that methicillin-sensitive S. aureus clonal complex 398 was the most frequent clone (29/125, 23.2%). It was isolated from patients (5/89, 5.6%), health care workers (2/63, 3.2%), and environmental sites (15/864,1.7%). Results indicate emergence of this clone in a hospital setting.

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