%0 Journal Article %1 kaeck_cross-border_2009 %A Köck, R %A Brakensiek, L %A Mellmann, A %A Kipp, F %A Henderikx, M %A Harmsen, D %A Daniels-Haardt, I %A von Eiff, C %A Becker, K %A Hendrix, M G R %A Friedrich, A W %D 2009 %J The Journal of Hospital Infection %K A Admission, Analysis, Bacterial Bacterial, Carrier Exotoxins, Genotype, Germany, Hospitals, Humans, Infections, Leukocidins, Netherlands, Nose, Patient Prevalence, Protein Sequence Staphylococcal Staphylococcus State, Techniques, Toxins, Typing aureus, {DNA,} {Methicillin-Resistant} %N 4 %P 320--326 %R 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.12.001 %T Cross-border comparison of the admission prevalence and clonal structure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19201056 %V 71 %X Since patient exchange between hospitals sharing a common catchment area might favour regional spread of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the reliable detection of patients colonised at admission is crucial. Thus, hospitals in the Dutch-German border area EUREGIO MRSA-net aim at synchronising their local MRSA standards in order to prevent unidentified inter-hospital as well as cross-border spread. This assumes enhanced knowledge of MRSA prevalence and risk factors associated with MRSA carriage at admission. We conducted nasal MRSA screening of all inpatients admitted to 39 German hospitals (in the period 1 November to 30 November 2006) and to one Dutch hospital (in the period 1 July to 30 September 2007) in the EUREGIO MRSA-net. A total of 390 MRSA cases were detected among 25,540 patients screened. The admission prevalence was 1.6 MRSA/100 patients (6.5\% of all S. aureus) in the German and 0.5 MRSA/100 patients (1.4\% of all S. aureus) in the Dutch part of the border region. Overall, the predominating S. aureus protein A gene (spa) sequence types were t003, t032 and t011. One isolate (t044) carried Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) encoding genes. Altogether, 79\% and 67\% of all MRSA patients in the German and Dutch regions respectively, were identifiable by the classical nosocomial risk factors assessed. In patients lacking all risk factors assessed, spa types t011 and t034 were predominant (P\textless0.001).

@article{kaeck_cross-border_2009, abstract = {Since patient exchange between hospitals sharing a common catchment area might favour regional spread of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus {(MRSA),} the reliable detection of patients colonised at admission is crucial. Thus, hospitals in the {Dutch-German} border area {EUREGIO} {MRSA-net} aim at synchronising their local {MRSA} standards in order to prevent unidentified inter-hospital as well as cross-border spread. This assumes enhanced knowledge of {MRSA} prevalence and risk factors associated with {MRSA} carriage at admission. We conducted nasal {MRSA} screening of all inpatients admitted to 39 German hospitals (in the period 1 November to 30 November 2006) and to one Dutch hospital (in the period 1 July to 30 September 2007) in the {EUREGIO} {MRSA-net.} A total of 390 {MRSA} cases were detected among 25,540 patients screened. The admission prevalence was 1.6 {MRSA/100} patients (6.5\% of all S. aureus) in the German and 0.5 {MRSA/100} patients (1.4\% of all S. aureus) in the Dutch part of the border region. Overall, the predominating S. aureus protein A gene (spa) sequence types were t003, t032 and t011. One isolate (t044) carried {Panton-Valentine} leukocidin {(PVL)} encoding genes. Altogether, 79\% and 67\% of all {MRSA} patients in the German and Dutch regions respectively, were identifiable by the classical nosocomial risk factors assessed. In patients lacking all risk factors assessed, spa types t011 and t034 were predominant {(P{\textless}0.001).}}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Köck, R and Brakensiek, L and Mellmann, A and Kipp, F and Henderikx, M and Harmsen, D and {Daniels-Haardt}, I and von Eiff, C and Becker, K and Hendrix, M G R and Friedrich, A W}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b9fd77d5092aeff4cb3f1fe7a8fa3033/jelias}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhin.2008.12.001}, interhash = {6945b87f37a7311d319fbc1e4f408b0f}, intrahash = {b9fd77d5092aeff4cb3f1fe7a8fa3033}, issn = {1532-2939}, journal = {The Journal of Hospital Infection}, keywords = {A Admission, Analysis, Bacterial Bacterial, Carrier Exotoxins, Genotype, Germany, Hospitals, Humans, Infections, Leukocidins, Netherlands, Nose, Patient Prevalence, Protein Sequence Staphylococcal Staphylococcus State, Techniques, Toxins, Typing aureus, {DNA,} {Methicillin-Resistant}}, month = apr, note = {{PMID:} 19201056}, number = 4, pages = {320--326}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:48.000+0100}, title = {Cross-border comparison of the admission prevalence and clonal structure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19201056}, volume = 71, year = 2009 }