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Near absence of methicillin-resistance and pronounced genetic diversity among Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from healthy persons in northern Sweden.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 2011
Widerström Micael, Wiström Johan, Ek Elin, Edebro Helén, Monsen Tor
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The main aim of this study was to examine if hospital-associated clones of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE), commonly identified in hospitals in our region, also are spread among healthy persons in the community. A total of 124 isolates of S. epidermidis sampled from subjects attending a Travel health clinic, Umeå, Sweden during 2008 were examined with antibiotic susceptibility testing and...
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