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Detection and characterization of an ST97-SCCmec-V community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in a neonatal intensive care unit and special care baby unit.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 May 2011
Udo Edet E, Aly Nasser Yehia A, Sarkhoo Eiman, Al-Sawan Rima, Al-Asar Al-Sayed M
Abstract excerpt
A total of 29 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were obtained from 15 neonates and three healthcare workers (HCWs) in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and special care baby unit (SCBU) and four patients in a medical ward of a Kuwait hospital between 10 and 30 April 2007. The isolates were characterized using antibiogram results, coagulase gene RFLP (coa-RFLP), PFGE, staphylococcal...
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