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[Evaluation of great gene variations in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus--controlled study in 363 strains from 192 patients].
Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology - 1 Nov 2004
Sakai Michiko, Ota Reiko, Kotani Naoki
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BACKGROUND: We tested a hypothesis that major gene variations of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are detectable in a single patient. METHODS: We isolated 363 strains of MRSA in 192 patients diagnosed as having MRSA infection in Yamagata University Hospital. By an established pulsed-field gel electrophoresis method, all strains were analysed by Sma I macrorestriction patterns of genomic DNA....
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