Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of nosocomial infections and a risk in patients who have either undergone surgery or are on haemodialysis. The S. aureus infections in patients admitted to the clinical departments of Al-Makased Charitable Hospital in Jerusalem during a period of one year were...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Na'was, Tarek (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Essawi, Tamer (author), Hawwari, Abbass (author), Wadi, Suzan (author), Doudin, Anwar (author), Fattom, Ali Ibrahim (author)
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.x/full
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Essawi, T., Na'was, T., Hawwari, A., Wadi, S., Doudin, A., & Fattom, A. I. (1998). Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al‐Makased hospital in East Jerusalem. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 3(7), 576-583.
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description Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of nosocomial infections and a risk in patients who have either undergone surgery or are on haemodialysis. The S. aureus infections in patients admitted to the clinical departments of Al-Makased Charitable Hospital in Jerusalem during a period of one year were investigated. Isolates included were from blood, surgical wounds, or other nonsuperficial sites. Of 63 isolates available for analysis, 46 (73.0%) expressed type 8 capsular polysaccharide; 13 (20.7%), type 5 capsular polysaccharide; only 4 isolates (6.3%) did not express type 5 or type 8 antibodies. The strains fitted in 7 different antibiogram types, with the type showing resistance only to penicillin and ampicillin prevalent in 34 out of 63 isolates (54.0%). Of the 12 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates (19.1%), 8(66.7%) possessed the type 8 capsule and 4(33.7%) the type 5 capsule. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of all isolates with the restriction-endonuclease enzymes Sma I revealed 34 patterns demonstrating that no single methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strain was endemic in the hospital. However, all MRSA isolates with a type 8 capsule showed identical PFGE patterns using the 2 restriction-endonuclease enzymes Sma I and SST II. Moreover, type 5 isolates showed identical patterns (one isolate differed from the rest with one band only). These data suggest and confirm the clonality of type 5 and type 8 MRSA isolates. Analysing the results of the capsular and antibiogram typing schemes in conjunction proved useful and suggested that such an analysis can be employed as a helpful epidemiological tool in hospitals with limited resources.
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spelling Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East JerusalemNa'was, TarekEssawi, TamerHawwari, AbbassWadi, SuzanDoudin, AnwarFattom, Ali IbrahimStaphylococcus aureus is a major cause of nosocomial infections and a risk in patients who have either undergone surgery or are on haemodialysis. The S. aureus infections in patients admitted to the clinical departments of Al-Makased Charitable Hospital in Jerusalem during a period of one year were investigated. Isolates included were from blood, surgical wounds, or other nonsuperficial sites. Of 63 isolates available for analysis, 46 (73.0%) expressed type 8 capsular polysaccharide; 13 (20.7%), type 5 capsular polysaccharide; only 4 isolates (6.3%) did not express type 5 or type 8 antibodies. The strains fitted in 7 different antibiogram types, with the type showing resistance only to penicillin and ampicillin prevalent in 34 out of 63 isolates (54.0%). Of the 12 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates (19.1%), 8(66.7%) possessed the type 8 capsule and 4(33.7%) the type 5 capsule. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of all isolates with the restriction-endonuclease enzymes Sma I revealed 34 patterns demonstrating that no single methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strain was endemic in the hospital. However, all MRSA isolates with a type 8 capsule showed identical PFGE patterns using the 2 restriction-endonuclease enzymes Sma I and SST II. Moreover, type 5 isolates showed identical patterns (one isolate differed from the rest with one band only). These data suggest and confirm the clonality of type 5 and type 8 MRSA isolates. Analysing the results of the capsular and antibiogram typing schemes in conjunction proved useful and suggested that such an analysis can be employed as a helpful epidemiological tool in hospitals with limited resources.PublishedN/A2016-04-14T13:49:20Z2016-04-14T13:49:20Z20022016-04-14Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1360-2276http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3565http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.xEssawi, T., Na'was, T., Hawwari, A., Wadi, S., Doudin, A., & Fattom, A. I. (1998). Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al‐Makased hospital in East Jerusalem. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 3(7), 576-583.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.x/fullenTropical Medicine & International Healthinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35652021-03-19T10:00:46Z
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title Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
title_full Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
title_fullStr Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
title_full_unstemmed Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
title_short Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
title_sort Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased hospital in East Jerusalem
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00265.x/full