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Epidemiological and molecular aspects of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wounds, blood and respiratory samples.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2011
Villar María, Marimón José M, García-Arenzana José M, de la Campa Adela G, Ferrándiz María J, Pérez-Trallero Emilio
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OBJECTIVES: To study the incidence of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain, and to characterize representative resistant isolates and mutations associated with resistance. METHODS: For rifampicin-resistant isolates, the rpoB gene fragment that includes the most frequent mutations conferring rifampicin resistance in S. aureus was amplified and sequenced. The role of new mutations...
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