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Characteristics of the community-genotype sequence type 72 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates that underlie their persistence in hospitals.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Jun 2016
Joo Eun-Jeong, Choi Ji-Young, Chung Doo Ryeon, Song Jae-Hoon, Ko Kwan Soo
Abstract excerpt
Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone ST72, known as a major community-associated MRSA in Korea, has emerged as an important pathogen in hospitals. To understand bacterial properties that underlie transformation of this clone into a nosocomial pathogen, we compared characteristics of the community-genotype ST72 MRSA isolates with those of ST5 and ST239 MRSA,...
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