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Restriction Endonuclease Analysis of Plasmid DNA From Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Clinical Application Over a Three-Year Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Antoni Trilla ,
Mary D. Nettleman ,
Richard J. Hollis ,
Mary Fredrickson ,
Richard P. Wenzel  and
Michael A. Pfaller
Antoni Trilla
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain Division of General Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa
Mary D. Nettleman*
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa Iowa City Veterans Aflairs Medical Center, Iowa
Richard J. Hollis
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Special Microbiology Laboratory, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa
Mary Fredrickson
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Aflairs Medical Center, Iowa
Richard P. Wenzel
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa
Michael A. Pfaller
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Iowa
*
University of Iowa Hospitals , C41GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Abstract

Objective:

To investigate trends in plasmid types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus over a 3-year period and determine the clinical impact of plasmid typing.

Design:

Restriction endonuclease analysis of plasmid DNA (REAP) was used to type 270 clinical isolates.

Setting:

A Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Results:

Forty-four different REAP types were identified and, of these, 23 appeared only once. Types designed as V1 and V2 were more commonly found in nosocomial cases than in community-acquired cases (p<.05); whereas the K and D types were more common in isolates from community-acquired cases (<c.05). In 30 (11%) isolates, no plasmid was detected. When combined with epidemiological data, REAP typing revealed 4 small outbreaks that would have been missed using traditional epidemiological methods alone. In large outbreaks involving 10 or more cases, REAP typing data revealed unsuspected patterns of transmission.

Conclusions:

Multiple plasmid types were present in this endemic setting. Restriction endonuclease analysis of plasmid DNA was a practical and valuable adjunct to traditional epidemiological methods.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 29 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993 

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