A pseudo-outbreak of MRSA due to laboratory contamination related to MRSA carriage of a laboratory staff member.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major burden for hospitals globally. However, in the Netherlands, the MRSA prevalence is relatively low due to the 'search and destroy' policy. Routine multiple-locus variable-number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of MRSA isolates supports outbreak detection. However, whole genome multiple locus sequence typing (wgMLST) is superior to MLVA in identifying (pseudo-)outbreaks with MRSA. The present study describes a pseudo-outbreak of MRSA at the bacteriology laboratory of a large Dutch teaching hospital.

Methods

All staff members of the bacteriology laboratory of the Elisabeth-TweeSteden hospital were screened for MRSA carriage, after a laboratory contamination with MRSA was suspected. Clonal relatedness betw

SUBMITTER: Houkes KMG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9814305 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature