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Diversity of plasmids and transmission of high-level mupirocin mupA resistance gene in Staphylococcus haemolyticus.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
do Carmo Ferreira Natália, Schuenck Ricardo P, dos Santos Kátia Regina Netto, de Freire Bastos Maria do Carmo, Giambiagi-deMarval Marcia
Abstract excerpt
The coagulase-negative staphylococci are known for their ability to acquire resistance genes, which limits the choice of therapeutic options for the treatment of infections caused by these microorganisms. In this study, the diversity of high-level mupirocin resistance plasmids (Mup(R) ) was investigated in four strains of Staphylococcus haemolyticus belonging to different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)...
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