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Replacement of healthcare-associated MRSA by community-associated MRSA in Queensland: confirmation by genotyping.
The Journal of infection - 1 Nov 2013
Nimmo Graeme R, Bergh Haakon, Nakos Jennifer, Whiley David, Marquess John, Huygens Flavia, Paterson David L
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the changing prevalence of healthcare- and community-associated MRSA. METHODS: Susceptibility phenotypes of MRSA were observed from 2000 to 2012 using routine susceptibility data. Phenotypic definitions of major clones were validated by genotyping isolates from a nested period prevalence survey in 2011. RESULTS: The predominant healthcare-associated (AUS-2/3 like) MRSA phenotype decreased...
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