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Rapid Change of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Clones in a Chinese Tertiary Care Hospital over a 15-Year Period
23 Feb 2010
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The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been increasing yearly at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). In order to understand the molecular evolution of MRSA at PUMCH, a total of 466 nonduplicate S. aureus isolates, including 302 MRSA and 164 methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) isolates recovered from 1994 to 2008 were characterized by staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec...
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