Bloemendaal, ALFluit, ACJansen, WTVriens, MRFerry, TAmorim, JMPascual, AStefani, SPapaparaskevas, JBorel Rinkes, IHVerhoef, J2012-09-142012-09-142009-09Bloemendaal AL, Fluit AC, Jansen WT, Vriens MR, Ferry T, Amorim JM, et al. Colonization with multiple Staphylococcus aureus strains among patients in European intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):918-20.0899-823Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10668/476Patients and healthy individuals intermittently and inconsistently carry different methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) subtypes. In the present study, we assessed the clonality of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and MRSA strains in patients admitted to 1 of 6 intensive care units (ICUs), using spa typing and multilocus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA).enStaphylococcus aureusMethicillin-resistantIntensive careResistente a la meticilinaCuidados intensivosMedical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial AgentsMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Bacteriological Techniques::Bacterial Typing TechniquesMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Bacteriological Techniques::Bacterial Typing TechniquesMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Facilities::Hospital Units::Intensive Care UnitsMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Positive Bacteria::Gram-Positive Cocci::Staphylococcaceae::Staphylococcus::Staphylococcus aureus::Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMedical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Respiratory System::Nose::Nasal CavityMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections::Staphylococcal InfectionsMedical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial AgentsMedical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial AgentsMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Equipment and Supplies::Culture Media::Culture Media, ConditionedMedical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Amides::Lactams::beta-Lactams::Penicillins::Methicillinresearch article19653820open access10.1086/6056401559-6834