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High-Level Mupirocin Resistance within Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Pandemic Lineages
28 Aug 2006
Abstract excerpt
The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) population in the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria over a 5-year period (1998 to 2002) was marked by shifts in the circulation of pandemic clones. Here, we investigated the emergence of high-level mupirocin resistance (Hi-Mup(r)). In addition to clonal spread, transfer of ileS2-carrying plasmids played a significant role in the...
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