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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Malaysian tertiary centre.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 2013
Rashid Zetti Zainol, Bahari Norazlah, Othman Amizah, Jaafar Roslinda, Mohamed Nurul Azmawati, Jabbari Idimaz, Sulong Anita, Hashim Rohaidah, Ahmad Norazah
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Abstract. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a pathogen recognized to be distinct in both phenotype and genotype from hospital-acquired MRSA. We have identified CA-MRSA cases in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, including their antibiotic susceptibility patterns and genotypic characteristics. Cases were identified during January to...
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