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Molecular epidemiology of invasive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains circulating at a Swiss University Hospital.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Fenner L, Widmer A F, Frei R
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, little is known of the distribution of spa types among methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA). We have analyzed 101 nonrepetitive invasive MSSA isolates from infected patients, consecutively isolated during 14 months between 2006 and 2007 at University Hospital Basel. They were genetically characterized according to S. aureus protein A (spa) types and...
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