Volume 15, Number 5—May 2009
Dispatch
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
Karina Krziwanek
, Sigrid Metz-Gercek, and Helmut Mittermayer
, Sigrid Metz-Gercek, and Helmut MittermayerTable
Clinical MRSA isolates of clonal lineage ST398, Upper Austria, January 2006–May 2008*
| Isolate | spa type | SCCmec group | Resistance | Patient age, y/ sex | Sample source | Diagnosis | Infected or colonized | Hospitalized | Profession, direct animal contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2753 | t2346 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 1/M | Throat | Pyodermatitis | I (SST) | Yes | Grandson of pig farmer (son of 2754), yes |
| 2064 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 54/M | Wound smear | Gouty tophus | I (SST) | Yes | Pig farmer, yes |
| 3190 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 48/M | Wound smear | Decubitus ulcers | I (SST) | Yes | Construction worker, no |
| 3332 | t011 | V | DOX | 64/M | Wound smear, joint puncture fluid | Joint empyema | I (BJ) | Yes | Pig farmer, yes |
| 3509 | t011 | V | DOX | 80/M | BAL | COPD | I (pneumonia) | Yes | Caster, unknown |
| 1960 | t011 | V | DOX | 62/M | Screening conjunctival swab | Paroxysmal tachycardia | C | Yes (ICU) | Farmer, yes |
| 2023 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 68/M | Screening wound smear | Peripheral arterial occlusive disease | C | Yes | Pig farmer, yes |
| 2167 | t011 | V | DOX | 47/M | Screening tracheal secretion | Epidural hematoma | C | Yes (ICU) | Agricultural worker, yes |
| 2256 | t011 | V | DOX | 73/M | Screening wound smear | Ulcus cruris | C | Yes | Cattle and pig farmer, yes |
| 2726 | t034 | IV | – | 50/M | Screening nose swab | Pneumothorax | C | Yes | Unknown |
| 2754 | t2346 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 33/F | Screening nose, throat swab | Premature delivery | C | No | Daughter of pig farmer, yes |
| 2770 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 81/F | Screening wound smear | Ulcus cruris | C | No | Farmer, yes |
| 2832 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 79/F | Screening wound smear | Ulcus cruris | C | No | Pig farmer, yes |
| 2909 | t011 | V | DOX | 79/M | Screening wound smear | Ulcus cruris | C | No | Pig farmer, yes |
| 3078 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 42/M | Screening nose swab | Erysipelas, septicemia | C | Yes | Farmer, yes |
| 3195 | t011 | V | – | 69/M | Wound smear | Intertrigo | C | Yes | Retired farmer (hens), yes |
| 3335 | t011 | V | DOX | 65/F | Screening axilla, nose, groin | Screening | C | No | Wife of pig farmer 3332, yes |
| 3336 | t011 | V | DOX | 32/M | Nose, wound smear | Screening | C | No | Son of pig farmers 3332 and 3335, yes |
| 3391 | t011 | V | CLI, DOX, ERY | 83/F | Feces | Polytrauma | C | Yes | Retired, no |
| 3456 | t011 | V | DOX | 69/F | BAL | Hemoptysis, bronchitis | C | Yes | Cleaner, no |
| 3008 | t011 | V | DOX | 48/F | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Farmer, yes |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SCC, staphylococcal cassette chromosome; CLI, clindamycin; DOX, doxycycline; ERY, erythromycin; I, infected; SST, skin and soft tissue infection; C, colonized; BJ, bone and joint infection; BAL, bronchioalveolar lavage; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU, intensive care unit; –, no resistance found.
