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Incidence, antibiotic resistance and clonal relations of MRSA strains isolated from a Romanian university hospital.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Mar 2008
Székely Edit, Lorinczi Lilla, Bilca Doina, Fodor Eleonóra, Sóki J, Sabau Monica
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Our aim was to estimate the frequency and characteristics ofmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains occurring in a Romanian teaching hospital. We retrospectively studied isolates from infected or colonized patients treated at the intensive care and surgical units during January 2004-December 2005. The antibiotic susceptibility of MRSA strains and the presence of mecA gene were determined....
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