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Clonal and antibiotic resistance profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a Portuguese hospital over time.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2002
Amorim M L, Aires de Sousa M, Sanches I Santos, Sá-Leão R, Cabeda J M, Amorim J M, de Lencastre H
Abstract excerpt
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered from a general hospital in Oporto, Portugal, during two periods (1992-1993 and 1996-2000) were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI fragments, and by hybridization of ClaI digests with mecA and Tn554 probes, discriminating the isolates in mecA::Tn554::PFGE genotypes. In addition, a representative sample of the...
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