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Mupirocin Resistance in Isolates of Staphylococcus spp. from Nasal Swabs in a Tertiary Hospital in France.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2015
Trouillet-Assant Sophie, Flammier Sacha, Sapin Anais, Dupieux Céline, Dumitrescu Oana, Tristan Anne, Vandenesch François, Rasigade Jean-Philippe, Laurent Frederic
Abstract excerpt
Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic largely used to eradicate staphylococcal nasal carriage. Here, we investigated the prevalence of mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates recovered from patients in different wards in a hospital (Lyon, France), which were determined both phenotypically with an Epsilometer test (Etest) and genetically by PCR for mupA and mupB.
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