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Detection and expression of methicillin/oxacillin resistance in multidrug-resistant and non-multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Sydney, Australia.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2002
Merlino John, Watson Jason, Rose Barbara, Beard-Pegler Mary, Gottlieb Thomas, Bradbury Ross, Harbour Colin
Abstract excerpt
Ninety clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from separate patients were examined phenotypically and genotypically for susceptibility to methicillin/oxacillin. Thirty were methicillin/oxacillin susceptible and 60 were methicillin and oxacillin resistant (MRSA). The 60 MRSA isolates examined were subdivided into two groups according to their antibiotic profiles and comprised 30 non-multidrug-resistant (NMDR)...
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