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Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (Sccmec) classification and typing methods: an overview.
Polish journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Turlej Agata, Hryniewicz Waleria, Empel Joanna
Abstract excerpt
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the main causes of hospital-acquired infections, but since late 1990s also the community-acquired. For better understanding of the S.aureus epidemiology there is an urgent need for creation of new typing method for SCCmec element. The molecular typing of MRSA for epidemiological purposes is investigated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE),...
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