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Characterization of a cfr-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strain of the lineage ST22 implicated in a life-threatening human infection.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2012
Lozano Carmen, Ruiz-García Montserrat, Gómez-Sanz Elena, López-García Pilar, Royo-García Gloria, Zarazaga Myriam, Torres Carmen
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The cfr gene was identified in 3 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) isolates of lineage ST22 implicated in a fatal human infection. MRSE isolates displayed an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile and SCCmec type III, and showed a multiresistance phenotyp...
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