%0 Journal Article
%T Time-based distribution of Staphylococcus saprophyticus pulsed field gel-electrophoresis clusters in community-acquired urinary tract infections
%A Sousa
%A Viviane Santos de
%A Rabello
%A Renata Fernandes
%A Dias
%A Rubens Clayton da Silva
%A Martins
%A Ianick Souto
%A Santos
%A Luisa Barbosa Gomes da Silva dos
%A Alves
%A Elisabeth Mendes
%A Riley
%A Lee Woodford
%A Moreira
%A Beatriz Meurer
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 2013
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02762013000100012
%X the epidemiology of urinary tract infections (uti) by staphylococcus saprophyticus has not been fully characterised and strain typing methods have not been validated for this agent. to evaluate whether epidemiological relationships exist between clusters of pulsed field gel-electrophoresis (pfge) genotypes of s. saprophyticus from community-acquired uti, a cross-sectional surveillance study was conducted in the city of rio de janeiro, brazil. in total, 32 (16%) female patients attending two walk-in clinics were culture-positive for s. saprophyticus. five pfge clusters were defined and evaluated against epidemiological data. the pfge clusters were grouped in time, suggesting the existence of community point sources of s. saprophyticus. from these point sources, s. saprophyticus strains may spread among individuals.
%K staphylococcus saprophyticus
%K pfge genotype
%K uti epidemiology.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762013000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en