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Characterization of borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from food of animal origin.
Journal of food protection - 1 Jul 2010
Bystroń Jarosław, Podkowik Magdalena, Korzekwa Kamila, Lis Elzbieta, Molenda Jerzy, Bania Jacek
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the molecular characteristics of food-derived oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were determined. Eight borderline oxacillin-resistant strains with MICs of 2 to 4 microg/ml were identified from 132 S. aureus isolates of food origin. One of the two isolates with a MIC of 4 microg/ml was methicillin-resistant determinant (mecA) gene positive, and the other six with MICs of 2 microg/ml were...
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