Antibiotic resistance and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from lower respiratory tract: multi-resistance and high prevalence of SCCmec III type.

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We sought to study antibiotic resistance and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from lower respiratory tracts of patients in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. Hundred and seven strains of MRSA were isolated from the patients of nine wards. The tests for antibiotic resistance (Kirby-Bauer paper dispersion method), the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) and Staphyloccoccal...

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