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Extensive genetic diversity identified among sporadic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered in Irish hospitals between 2000 and 2012.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Kinnevey Peter M, Shore Anna C, Brennan Grainne I, Sullivan Derek J, Ehricht Ralf, Monecke Stefan, Coleman David C
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Clonal replacement of predominant nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains has occurred several times in Ireland during the last 4 decades. However, little is known about sporadically occurring MRSA in Irish hospitals or in other countries. Eighty-eight representative pvl-negative sporadic MRSA isolates recovered in Irish hospitals between 2000 and 2012 were investigated. These...
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