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Molecular characterization of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in the United States, 2004 to 2010.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2013
Miko Benjamin A, Hafer Cory A, Lee Caroline J, Sullivan Sean B, Hackel Meredith A M, Johnson Brian M, Whittier Susan, Della-Latta Phyllis, Uhlemann Anne-Catrin, Lowy Franklin D
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While much is known about the geographic distribution of different clonal types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), few studies have assessed the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA), despite its continued clinical importance. In each U.S. Census region, reference laboratories collected successive MSSA isolates from patients with invasive or superficial...
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