10779/rcsi.10768751.v1 Sinead McNicholas Sinead McNicholas Anna C. Shore Anna C. Shore David C. Coleman David C. Coleman Hilary Humphreys Hilary Humphreys Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes DNA Microarray Genotyping and Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Profiling of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates from Renal Patients. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2019 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA renal Clinical Microbiology 2019-11-22 15:21:47 Journal contribution https://repository.rcsi.com/articles/journal_contribution/DNA_Microarray_Genotyping_and_Virulence_and_Antimicrobial_Resistance_Gene_Profiling_of_Methicillin-Resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus_Bloodstream_Isolates_from_Renal_Patients_/10768751 <p>Thirty-six methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MRSA) bloodstream isolates from renal patients were genetically characterized by DNA microarray analysis and spa typing. The isolates were highly clonal, belonging mainly to ST22-MRSA-IV. The immune evasion and enterotoxin gene clusters were found in 29/36 (80%) and 33/36 (92%) of isolates, respectively.</p>