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Genetic diversity of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern Stockholm, 2000-2005.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2008
Fang H, Hedin G, Li G, Nord C E
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the molecular epidemiology of 104 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolates from southern Stockholm during the period 2000-2005. The isolates were analysed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing, staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC) mec typing and detection of genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)....
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