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[Characteristics of defective strains of methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus that do not produce coagulase or CF].
Medycyna doswiadczalna i mikrobiologia - 1 Jan 2002
Garbacz Katarzyna, Piechowicz Lidia, Wiśniewska Katarzyna, Galiński Janusz
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to estimate frequency of coagulase-negative and CF-negative strains among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and to assess their homogeneicity in respect of genotype, phagotype and drug resistance pattern. A total of 186 MRSA strains collected from different hospitals in Gdańsk region were studied. Gens: nuc, mecA, and coa were identified by PCR method. The coagulase tube...
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