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Hospital infections in Spain. I. Staphylococcus aureus (1978–91)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. Vindel ,
P. Trincado ,
MM. Martin De Nicolas ,
E. Gomez ,
C. Martin Bourgon  and
J. A. Saez Nieto
A. Vindel
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
P. Trincado
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
MM. Martin De Nicolas
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
E. Gomez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
C. Martin Bourgon
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
J. A. Saez Nieto
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de fagotipia de Staphylococcus aureus Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro National de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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This study was undertaken to determine the distribution of phage types of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from hospital outbreaks or sporadic cases received in our laboratory during the past 14 years. The records for 15803 isolates from 55 Spanish hospitals have been analysed.

In relation to sporadic isolates we have been able to detect the predominance of phage group I and non-typable staphylococcal strains. Since 1989, we have observed a considerable increase in hospital infection caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains which we could differentiate in to two groups; one belonging to phage group III (6/47/54/75/77/84/85) and other groups of non-typable strains which could be classified as phage group I-III after heat treatment (29/77/84) and with similar patterns by reverse typing (6/47/53/54/75/83A/84/85/W57/1030/18042).

During 1990 and 1991, these strains have extended widely to at least six different autonomous regions creating an epidemic situation in Spain.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , June 1993 , pp. 533 - 542
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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