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Phenotypic and Genotypic Evaluation of Aminoglycoside Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococci in Tehran, Iran
11 May 2009
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Aminoglycosides play an important role in the treatment of staphylococcal infections, despite the emerging widespread resistance among Staphylococcus. To determine the prevalence of aminoglycoside resistance and aminoglycoside modifying enzyme (AME) genes among infected patients at a teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran, we tested 585 Staphylococcus isolates, of which 322 were Staphylococcus aureus and 263 were...
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