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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>with Emergence of Epidemic Clones of Sequence Type (ST) 22 and ST 772 in Mumbai, India
30 Mar 2010
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A total of 412 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated between October 2006 and June 2009, representing a mixed hospital- and community-associated patient population from Mumbai, India, were evaluated. MRSA was characterized by multiplex PCR amplification of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene and the mecA gene, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing, and...
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