MRSA

Tuesday, 9 September 2008 15:00 - 16:30, Halls B, C and D

Frequent emergence and limited geographic dispersal of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Ulrich Nübel, Robert Koch Institut, Germany
Global mapping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Heiman Wertheim, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Hanoi, Vietnam
Epidemiology of MRSA in New Zealand
  • Helen Heffernan, Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd, New Zealand
The dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine
  • Dr Patrick S Beizzer, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Characterization of spa-type t024, the dominant MRSA clone in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Henrik Westh, Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Molecular analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolates of clonal complex 8 from different epidemiological backgrounds
  • Birgit Strommenger, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
Prevalence of strain types and binary gene subtypes in an Australian Staphylococcus aureus cohort, 1989-2003
  • Sanmarié Schlebusch, Department of Microbiology, Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Herston Hospitals Complex, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, Australia
Genetic background of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Lebanon
  • Sima Tokajian, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Detection of SCCmec elements amongst invasive Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Paul Huggan, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
A seasonal study of the mecA gene and Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus, in a municipal wastewater treatment plant
  • Stefan Börjesson, Linköping University, Sweden
Patterns of interference in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis and horizontal gene transfer of SCCmec
  • Olga Sakwinska, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Diversity and distribution of SCCmec elements in coagulase-negative staphylococci of animal origin
  • Arshnee Moodley, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Novel Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) type resulting from recombination of Class A mec and type 4 ccr gene complexes in a Canadian epidemic strain of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Kunyan Zhang, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Calgary Health Region/Calgary Laboratory Services/University of Calgary, Canada
Epidemiological and clinical features of non-multi-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (nmMRSA), multi-resistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (mMRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) infections in tropical northern Australia
  • Steven Tong, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia