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Clonal composition of Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a Brazilian university hospital: identification of international circulating lineages.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2006
Vivoni Adriana Marcos, Diep Binh An, de Gouveia Magalhães Ana Cristina, Santos Kátia Regina N, Riley Lee W, Sensabaugh George F, Moreira Beatriz M
Abstract excerpt
In only a few instances has the clonal composition of Staphylococcus aureus collections that include methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) been extensively characterized. In order to investigate the clonal composition of MSSA and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and examine whether the infections diagnosed at our hospital were related to internationally distributed S. aureus lineages, we collected 89...
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