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Sporadic "transitional" community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from health care facilities in the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Brady Jennifer M, Stemper Mary E, Weigel Ashley, Chyou Po-Huang, Reed Kurt D, Shukla Sanjay K
Abstract excerpt
We describe phenotypic and genotypic traits of a group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones that are either remnants of unsuccessful community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) clones or represent a transitional state with some yet-to-be-acquired characteristics of CA-MRSA. These rare strains (n = 20) were identified during a 10-year period (1990-1999) from 13 unrelated health care facilities in...
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