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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusresistant to tigecycline and daptomycin isolated in a hospital in Brazil
29 May 2013
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We report the molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with resistance to tigecycline and to daptomycin isolated from intensive-care-unit patients in Brazil over a 6-month period. Thirty-six isolates (25 from infection sites, 11 from nasal sites) recovered from 23 patients who presented with MRSA infection during this period were characterized by pulsed-field gel...
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