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LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 130-136出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70268-2
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- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Translational Infection Research Initiative
- Wellcome Trust
- Health Protection Agency
- National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council [G1000803]
- Biotechnology Biological Sciences Research Council
- National Institute for Health Research on behalf of the Department of Health
- Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorate
- Wellcome Trust [098051]
- Medical Research Council [G1000803] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G1000803] Funding Source: UKRI
Background The emergence of rneticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that can persist in the community and replace existing hospital-adapted lineages of MRSA means that it is necessary to understand transmission dynamics in terms of hospitals and the community as one entity. We assessed the use of whole-genome sequencing to enhance detection of MRSA transmission between these settings. Methods We studied a putative MRSA outbreak on a special care baby unit (SCBU) at a National Health Service Foundation Trust in Cambridge, UK. We used whole-genome sequencing to validate and expand findings from an infection-control team who assessed the outbreak through conventional analysis of epidemiological data and antibiogram profiles. We sequenced isolates from all colonised patients in the SCBU, and sequenced MRSA isolates from patients in the hospital or community with the same antibiotic susceptibility profile as the outbreak strain. Findings The hospital infection-control team identified 12 infants colonised with MRSA in a 6 month period in 2011, who were suspected of being linked, but a persistent outbreak could not be confirmed with conventional methods. With whole-genome sequencing, we identified 26 related cases of MRSA carriage, and showed transmission occurred within the SCBU, between mothers on a postnatal ward, and in the community. The outbreak MRSA type was a new sequence type (ST) 2371, which is closely related to ST22, but contains genes encoding Panton-Valentine leucocidin. Whole-genome sequencing data were used to propose and confirm that MRSA carriage by a staff member had allowed the outbreak to persist during periods without known infection on the SCBU and after a deep dean. Interpretation Whole-genome sequencing holds great promise for rapid, accurate, and comprehensive identification of bacterial transmission pathways in hospital and community settings, with concomitant reductions in infections, morbidity, and costs.
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