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Methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus with high-level antiseptic and low-level mupirocin resistance in Malaysia.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2014
Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam Hamed, van Belkum Alex, Hamat Rukman Awang, van Wamel Willem, Neela Vasanthakumari
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The prevalence and spread of mupirocin and antiseptic resistance among colonizing and infectious Staphylococcus aureus were determined. S. aureus isolated from anterior nares and infection sites of patients hospitalized in the largest tertiary care referral hospital in Malaysia was investigated for mupirocin and antiseptic susceptibility testing, and for PCR detection of mupA, qacA/B, and smr genes. Twelve...
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