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Molecular epidemiology of enteritis-causing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jan 2006
Okii K, Hiyama E, Takesue Y, Kodaira M, Sueda T, Yokoyama T
Abstract excerpt
In the early 1990s, severe enteritis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA enteritis) was prevalent in Japan, but the incidence has since decreased. We compared the genotypes and phenotypes of 12 isolates that caused MRSA enteritis (enteritis isolates), detected between 1990 and 1993, with 186 non-enteritis isolates detected between 1998 and 2002. Organisms were investigated using...
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