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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2006

Genetic background and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the Republic of Georgia.

Tamara Revazishvili, Lela Bakanidze, Tsaro Gomelauri, Ekaterine Zhgenti, Gvantsa Chanturia, Merab Kekelidze, Chythanya Rajanna, Arnold Kreger, Alexander Sulakvelidze

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia, are variants of the Brazilian clone.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2008
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Tamara RevazishviliDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, MSTF Bldg., 10 South Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Lela Bakanidze
Tsaro Gomelauri
Ekaterine Zhgenti
Gvantsa Chanturia
Merab Kekelidze
Chythanya Rajanna
Arnold Kreger
Alexander Sulakvelidze

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic composition and antibiotic sensitivities of 50 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from various clinics in the Republic of Georgia were characterized. S. aureus strains ATCC 700699 and ATCC 29737 were included as reference standards in all analyses. All 52 strains had identical 16S rRNA profiles. In contrast, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) identified 20 distinct PFGE types among the 52 strains examined, which indicates that PFGE is more discriminating than is 16S rRNA sequence analysis for differentiating S. aureus strains. The results of our PFGE typing also suggest that multiple genetic subpopulations (related at the ca. 85% similarity level, based on their SmaI PFGE patterns) exist among the Georgian S. aureus strains. Twenty-two of the 50 Georgian strains were methicillin resistant and PCR positive for mecA, and 5 strains were methicillin sensitive even though they possessed mecA. None of the strains were vancomycin resistant or contained vanA. The nucleotide sequences of mecA fragments obtained from all mecA-containing strains were identical. Our data indicate that the population of S. aureus strains in Georgia is fairly homogeneous and that the prevalence of methicillin-resistant, mecA-positive strains is relatively high in that country.

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Drug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsGeorgia (Republic)HumansPhylogenyStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID17021070
PMCPMC1594795

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