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Prevalence and Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Spanish Hospitals between 1996 and 2002
1 Jan 2006
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Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of 2,144 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from patients in Spanish hospitals over a 7-year period revealed 17 predominant profiles. Typing showed the replacement of Iberian clone E1 (ST247-MRSA-I) by two prevalent clones, E7 and E8, that are closely related to each other and have the same genetic background as ST125-MRSA-IV.
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