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Changing pattern of antibiotic resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from German hospitals.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Nov 2001
Witte W, Braulke C, Cuny C, Heuck D, Kresken M
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the background of changes of resistance phenotypes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from nosocomial infections in German hospitals by molecular typing and identification of particular resistance genes. METHODS: Isolates from the network for monitoring the spread of MRSA in Germany were subjected to quantitative susceptibility testing, to molecular typing, and to...
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