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A multidrug-resistant, methicillin-susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit in Oslo, Norway.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2010
Grub Carola, Holberg-Petersen Mona, Medbø Sverre, Andersen Bjørg Marit, Syversen Gaute, Melby Kjetil K
Abstract excerpt
Over a 6-month period in 2008, approximately 15% of all Staphylococcus aureus isolates from our neonatal intensive care unit were resistant to penicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin and clindamycin. Extended antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular profiling revealed an outbreak of an S. aureus strain with a rare susceptibility pattern for a Scandinavian setting.
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