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Determination of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using several phenotypic methods--a report from a tertiary care center at New Delhi, India.
The Journal of communicable diseases - 1 Dec 2011
Sharma Pratibha, Nair Deepthi, Singhal Smita, Hasan Azra, Aggarwal Pushpa
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a serious current health care concern. Rapid, precise identification of MRSA is a prerequisite tool for control of hospital infection. The present study aimed at studying the antibiotic susceptibility and demographic profile of MRSA isolated from clinical specimens and also to assess the reliability of five methods of identifying methicillin resistance. A total of 112 isolates of...
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