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Characterization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated at the Policlinico Hospital of Bari (Italy).
The new microbiologica - 1 Jan 2005
Corrente Marialaura, Monno Rosa, Totaro Marta, Martella Vito, Buonavoglia Domenico, Rizzo Caterina, Ricci Dominga, Rizzo Giovanni, Buonavoglia Canio
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an emerging problem. We studied 71 MRSA strains for the presence of mecA gene by PCR, for the enterotoxins production and susceptibility to antimicrobials. In addition, the suitability of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD) and Hypervariable Region (HVR)--PCR as molecular tools for typing MRSA was also tested. All the 71 strains previously found...
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