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Occurrence and genotyping using automated repetitive-sequence-based PCR of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Southeast Austria.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2010
Grisold Andrea J, Zarfel Gernot, Hoenigl Martin, Krziwanek Karina, Feierl Gebhard, Masoud Lilian, Leitner Eva, Wagner-Eibel Ute, Badura Alexandra, Marth Egon
Abstract excerpt
In this retrospective study, the occurrence and genetic relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in Austrian MRSA patients was investigated. From 2002 to 2008, 14 MRSA ST398 were detected. First occurrence of MRSA ST398 was already found in 2004. Spa ribotyping assigned 12 isolates to spa type t011 and 1 each to spa type t034 and spa type t1451. Isolated MRSA ST398 was nontypeable...
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