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Rapid increase of genetically diverse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2007
Bartels Mette Damkjaer, Boye Kit, Rhod Larsen Anders, Skov Robert, Westh Henrik
Abstract excerpt
In Copenhagen, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounted for <15 isolates per year during 1980-2002. However, since 2003 an epidemic increase has been observed, with 33 MRSA cases in 2003 and 110 in 2004. We analyzed these 143 cases epidemiologically and characterized isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Staphylococcus protein A (spa) typing, multilocus sequence typing, staphylococcal...
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