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Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates collected in a Dutch University Hospital between 1999 and 2006.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Nulens Eric, Stobberingh Ellen E, van Dessel Helke, Sebastian Silvie, van Tiel Frank H, Beisser Patrick S, Deurenberg Ruud H
Abstract excerpt
We observed that, between 1999 and 2006, up to 50% of the methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream isolates in our hospital had a genetic background common to endemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones (clonal complex 5 [CC5], CC8, CC22, CC30, and CC45). Furthermore, several successful MSSA lineages, such as CC7 and CC15, were observed.
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