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Emergence of SCCmec type IV as the most common type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university hospital.
Infection - 1 Feb 2009
Strandén A M, Frei R, Adler H, Flückiger U, Widmer A F
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BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has dramatically changed over the last decade by the emergence of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA). Recent studies indicate that these strains have already spread to hospitals. To evaluate if SCCmec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) are unambiguous markers of CA-MRSA, we analyzed 77 sporadic MRSA strains isolated, in...
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