Genetic analysis of glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from bone and joint infections. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (GRSE) strains are of increasing concern in bone and joint infections (BJIs). Using multilocus sequence typing and multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis, we show that BJI-associated GRSE strains are genetically diverse but arise from related, multiresistant hospital sequence types (STs), mostly ST2, ST5, and ST23.

publication date

  • December 26, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Arthritis
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Glycopeptides
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3592043

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84874038064

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/JCM.02608-12

PubMed ID

  • 23269734

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 51

issue

  • 3