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Sequence type 72 community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus emerged as a predominant clone of nasal colonization in newly admitted patients.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Aug 2016
Park S Y, Chung D R, Yoo J R, Baek J Y, Kim S H, Ha Y E, Kang C-I, Peck K R, Lee N Y, Song J-H
Abstract excerpt
Current knowledge of community-associated (CA) meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in hospitalized patients is incomplete. Genotypic characteristics of 637 nasal MRSA isolates from newly admitted patients in South Korea were investigated. Sequence type (ST) 72 accounted for 52.1%, 46.3%, and 52.8% of the isolates during the periods of 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2013-2014, respectively....
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