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High prevalence of mec complex C and ccrC is independent of SCCmec type V in Staphylococcus haemolyticus.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Apr 2012
Bouchami O, Ben Hassen A, de Lencastre H, Miragaia M
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus haemolyticus is one of the most clinically relevant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), particularly in immunocompromised patients; however, little is known regarding its molecular epidemiology. In this work, we characterized the genetic background and the SCCmec region of 36 methicillin-resistant S. haemolyticus (MRSHae) and 10 methicillin-susceptible S. haemolyticus (MSSHae) collected from...
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