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Usefulness of antimicrobial resistance pattern for detecting PVL- or TSST-1-producing meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a French university hospital.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Gbaguidi-Haore Houssein, Thouverez Michelle, Couetdic Gérard, Cholley Pascal, Talon Daniel, Bertrand Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Several recent reports have suggested that community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones, particularly those harbouring genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) or toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), are increasingly responsible for infections in hospitals. Here, a retrospective study was carried out to investigate whether antimicrobial resistance patterns could be used to...
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