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Evolutionary relationships between sporadic and epidemic strains of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2008
Hallin M, Denis O, Deplano A, De Ryck R, Crèvecoeur S, Rottiers S, de Mendonça R, Struelens M J
Abstract excerpt
National surveillance of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing allowed identification of rarely occurring 'sporadic' isolates with patterns significantly distinct from those of major epidemic clones of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) circulating in Belgian hospitals. The aim of the present study was to compare...
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