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tst1-positive ST22-MRSA-IVa in healthy Italian preschool children.
Infection - 1 Jun 2014
Geraci D M, Bonura C, Giuffrè M, Aleo A, Saporito L, Graziano G, Valenti R M, Mammina C
Abstract excerpt
A survey was performed in May 2013 to assess methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization in healthy children attending 26 municipal daycare centres in Palermo, Italy. Of the 500 children, ten (2 %) tested positive. Eight MRSA isolates were tst1-positive ST22-MRSA-IVa, spa t223; the other two isolates were identified as ST1-IVa and ST398-V, respectively. tst1-positive ST22-MRSA, spa t223...
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