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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80-IV clone in children from Jordan.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2012
Khalil Wissam, Hashwa Fuad, Shihabi Asem, Tokajian Sima
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of infections that are becoming increasingly difficult to combat because of emerging resistance. In this study, 103 S. aureus, 41 MRSA and 62 methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates, were collected from children in Jordan. Genotyping based on spa and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) revealed 48 different spa types and identified...
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