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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, eastern Argentina.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Nov 2008
Gardella Noella, von Specht Martha, Cuirolo Arabela, Rosato Adriana, Gutkind Gabriel, Mollerach Marta
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Sixty-nine community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered in 6 healthcare centers from northeastern and eastern Argentina were genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The predominant pulsotype was widely distributed harbored SCCmec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Representative isolates were characterized by multilocus sequence typing and spa typing, demonstrating...
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