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Secular trends and dynamics of hospital associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Armand-Lefevre L, Buke C, Ruppe E, Barbier F, Lolom I, Andremont A, Ruimy R, Lucet J-C
Abstract excerpt
We performed an 11-year retrospective analysis of consecutive nonduplicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates in two neighbouring hospitals in the Paris area. MRSA isolates were classified according to resistance (R) to fluoroquinolones (Fq), kanamycin (K), tobramycin (T) and gentamicin (G). The yearly number of MRSA isolates (3446 in total) decreased, from approximately 350 in...
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