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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from bacteraemic patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Nov 2008
Ibrahem S, Salmenlinna S, Lyytikäinen O, Vaara M, Vuopio-Varkila J
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In order to study the clonality of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) strains and their staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements, 60 isolates of MRSE from bacteraemic patients in three units of the Helsinki University Hospital, Finland were selected,...
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