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A change in Belgian epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus phage types in 2000: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates from a general hospital.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Aug 2005
Wildemauwe C, Godard C, De Beenhouwer H, Boel A, Damée S, Van Bossuyt E, Vanhoof R
Abstract excerpt
During 2000, new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) epidemic phage types became preponderant in Belgium. In the present study, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 130 MRSA isolates from a general Belgian hospital were investigated. The MRSA nature of the isolates was confirmed by coagulase test, oxacillin screen plate test and detection of the mecA gene by polymerase chain reaction. Phage...
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