Combating MRSA: increasing our understanding of transmission success will lead to better control of MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is characterised by clonal spread. MRSA clones are unequally distributed across the world and different clones are dominant at different times.
Aim
The MACOTRA project studied the interaction between MRSA, humans and the environment. The researchers used mathematical models to gain a better understanding of MRSA dynamics.
Results
A main predictor of success was antimicrobial resistance, driven by antibiotic use. Antimicrobial resistance genes transferred easily between some isolates and the researchers identified that bacteriophage – viruses of bacteria – were responsible. Mathematical models suggested that the established dominant clone in a particular country will be maintained as the dominant clone over time. Other important factors for success could not be identified yet. To enhance international epidemiological surveillance and subsequent data collection, they presented a proposal for harmonisation of MRSA surveillance.
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Author: A. Gupta en J.A. Lindsay
Link: http://isssi2018.org/programme/
Author: V.O. Baede, M.C. Vos en W.J.B van Wamel
Link: http://isssi2018.org/programme/
Author: Valérie O. BAEDE (1), Mehri TAVAKOL (1), Margreet C. VOS (1), Gwenan M. KNIGHT (2), Willem J.B. VAN WAMEL (1)
Author: V. Baede, G. Knight, M. Tavakol, M. Vos, W. Van Wamel
Author: by ISAC MRSA working group, organised by ISAC and MACOTRA consortium
Link: https://www.isac.world/meetings/mrsa-surveillance-programs-worldwide
Author: Valérie O. BAEDE (1), Anaïs BARRAY (2, 3), Mehri TAVAKOL (1), Gérard LINA (2, 3), Jean-Philippe RASIGADE (2, 3), Margreet C. VOS (1) - (1)Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands, (2)CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, (3)Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Institut des Agents infectieux, Hôpital de l
Author: Valérie O. BAEDE (1), Michella M. VOET (2), Tanny J.K. VAN DER REIJDEN (2), Annelies VAN WENGEN (2), Deborah E. HORST-KREFT (1), Nicole A. LEMMENS-DEN TOOM (1), Mehri TAVAKOL (1), Margreet C. VOS (1), Peter H. NIBBERING (2), Willem J.B. VAN WAMEL (1) - (1)Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands, (2)Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Author: MACOTRA consortium
Link: https://secure.rivm.nl/mpf/database/mrsa_int/isolates/list
Author: Valérie O. Baede, Michael Z. David, Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, Dominique S. Blanc, Michael Borg, Grainne Brennan, Boudewijn Catry, Aurélie Chabaud, Joanna Empel, Hege Enger, Marie Hallin, Marina Ivanova, Andreas Kronenberg, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Anders Rhod Larsen, Katrien Latour, Jodi A. Lindsay, Bruno Pichon, Dewi Santosaningsih, Leo M. Schouls, François Vandenesch, Guido Werner, Dorota Zabicka, Helena Žemlicková, Harald Seifert, Margreet C. Vos for the MRSA Surveillance Worldwide Study Group
Magazine: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents