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Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel: dissemination of global clones and unique features.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Adler A, Chmelnitsky I, Shitrit P, Sprecher H, Navon-Venezia S, Embon A, Khabra E, Paitan Y, Keren L, Halperin E, Carmeli Y, Schwaber M J
Abstract excerpt
From 2006 to 2009, 315 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected from 5 hospitals across Israel. Most isolates (64%) were related to the global clones spa types t001-SCCmec-I (SCCmec-I stands for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type I) (n = 99; 31%), t002-SCCmec-II (n = 82; 26%), and t008-SCCmec-IV (n = 21; 7%), five of which were identified as MRSA strain USA-300....
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