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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of community occurring, Western Samoan phage pattern methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2002
Adhikari Rajan P, Cook Gregory M, Lamont Iain, Lang Selwyn, Heffernan Helen, Smith John M B
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In New Zealand, it is estimated that greater than half of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains recovered from patients belong to what has been termed Western Samoan phage pattern types 1 and 2 (WSPP1, WSPP2). These strains differ from classical MRSA isolates in terms of their lack of multiresistance and community occurrence, suggesting that such strains possess properties and/or...
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