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Clonal Association ofStaphylococcus aureusCausing Bullous Impetigo and the Emergence of New Methicillin‐Resistant Clonal Groups in Kansai District in Japan
15 May 2002
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A molecular epidemiological analysis was performed to reveal the clonal association of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients with bullous impetigo. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with cluster analysis, genetic and phenotypic characterizations, and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of 88 S. aureus strains isolated from outpatients at 4 hospitals in the Kansai district in Japan were...
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