MRSA — From Beaches in the U.S.!

Multidrug-resistant staphylococci were identified in marine water and intertidal beach sand from beaches in Washington State.

That tropical beaches can harbor resistant bacteria is well known — but how about the U.S. seaside? To answer this question, researchers collected water and intertidal sand specimens from 10 public marine beaches in Washington State and cultured them for staphylococci.

The cultures yielded 51 Staphylococcus isolates, including 10 strains of Staphylococcus aureus and 25 of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. Further work-up of the isolates revealed that 6 of the 10 S. aureus strains, isolated from five different beach sites, were methicillin resistant (MRSA). Detailed characterization of the isolates using multilocus sequence typing and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing revealed patterns typical of hospital-associated MRSA in f…

Reviewing Author

Thomas Glück, MD

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Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection