Biclonality among <i>tst</i> -positive MRSA in a tertiary hospital in Algeria: predominance of ST22 and detection of a multidrug-resistant ST39 strain
This study reports the detection of tst-positive ST22-MRSA (Gaza epidemic clone) and a multidrug-resistant ST39-MRSA isolates at Mustapha Bacha Hospital, underscoring the need for ongoing genomic surveillance to monitor their occurrence and potential spread.
Authors
- Benjamin Youenou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-6498)
- Patrícia Martins-Simões (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5130-6016)
- K. Antri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3872-1842)
- Samir Gourari
- Farida Natèche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-498X)
- Wahiba Amhis
- Mohamed Azzedine Bachtarzi
- Anne Lapierre Tristan
- Amel Bezzi
Institutions
- University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (DZ)
- University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda (DZ)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Bab El Oued (DZ)
- Hôpital Mustapha Pacha (DZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxag002
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00