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Molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing surgical patients in Greece.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2012
Hadjihannas Linos, Psichogiou Mina, Empel Joanna, Kosmidis Chris, Goukos Dimitrios, Bouzala Jina, Georgopoulos Sotirios, Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi, Harbarth Stephan, Daikos George L
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-one of 925 patients screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) upon admission to a surgical unit were MRSA carriers; 15 were classified as community- and 36 as hospital-associated-MRSA. Fourteen of 22 isolates typed by molecular methods belonged to the European clone ST80-IVc, 3 of which exhibited resistance to ≥3 non-β-lactam antibiotics.
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