External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of
            <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
            Isolates by a Network of Laboratories

Deplano, Ariane; Mendonça, Ricardo De; Ryck, R. De; Struelens, Marc

doi:10.1128/jcm.00789-06

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Distribution of the Most Prevalent Spa Types among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus around the World: A Review

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Background: Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of community-acquired and nosocomial infections, remains a major health problem worldwide. Molecular typing methods, such as spa typing, are vital for the control and, when typing can be made more timely, prevention of S. aureus spread around healthcare settings. The current study aims to review the literature to report the most common clinical spa types around the world, which is important for epidemiological surveys and nosocomial infection control policies.Methods: A search via PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane library, and Scopus was conducted for original articles reporting the most prevalent spa types among S. aureus isolates. The search terms were “Staphylococcus aureus, spa typing.”Results: The most prevalent spa types were t032, t008 and t002 in Europe; t037 and t002 in Asia; t008, t002, and t242 in America; t037, t084, and t064 in Africa; and t020 in Australia. In Europe, all the isolates related to spa type t032 were MRSA. In addition, spa type t037 in Africa and t037and t437 in Australia also consisted exclusively of MRSA isolates. Given the fact that more than 95% of the papers we studied originated in the past decade there was no option to study the dynamics of regional clone emergence.Conclusion: This review documents the presence of the most prevalent spa types in countries, continents and worldwide and shows big local differences in clonal distribution.

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Distribution of the Most Prevalent Spa Types among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus around the World: A Review

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“…ridom.de). Although SCCmec type III usually is found in the CC8 genetic background, such as in the ST239-MRSA-III clone, an MRSA associated with CC5 (spa type t045) and harboring SCCmec type III recently was observed in Belgium (32). This might suggest that a new MRSA clone, ST5-MRSA-III, is beginning to emerge in Belgium.…”

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Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin Region

Deurenberg

Nulens²,

Valvatne³

et al. 2009

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…In molecular diagnostics, such initiatives are far more advanced, and molecular typists should profit from the experience gained in this sector. Novel initiatives such as the external quality control assessment scheme developed in Belgium [101] are urgently required.…”

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Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

Belkum

Tassios

Dijkshoorn

et al. 2007

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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For bacterial typing to be useful, the development, validation and appropriate application of typing methods must follow unified criteria. Over a decade ago, ESGEM, the ESCMID (Europen Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Study Group on Epidemiological Markers, produced guidelines for optimal use and quality assessment of the then most frequently used typing procedures. We present here an update of these guidelines, taking into account the spectacular increase in the number and quality of typing methods made available over the past decade. Newer and older, phenotypic and genotypic methods for typing of all clinically relevant bacterial species are described according to their principles, advantages and disadvantages. Criteria for their evaluation and application and the interpretation of their results are proposed. Finally, the issues of reporting, standardisation, quality assessment and international networks are discussed. It must be emphasised that typing results can never stand alone and need to be interpreted in the context of all available epidemiological, clinical and demographical data relating to the infectious disease under investigation. A strategic effort on the part of all workers in the field is thus mandatory to combat emerging infectious diseases, as is financial support from national and international granting bodies and health authorities.

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External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by a Network of Laboratories

Cited by 15 publications

References 33 publications

Distribution of the Most Prevalent Spa Types among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus around the World: A Review

Distribution of the Most Prevalent Spa Types among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus around the World: A Review

Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin Region

Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

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