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Local circulating clones of Staphylococcus aureus in Ecuador.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Zurita Jeannete, Barba Pedro, Ortega-Paredes David, Mora Marcelo, Rivadeneira Sebastián
Abstract excerpt
The spread of pandemic Staphylococcus aureus clones, mainly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), must be kept under surveillance to assemble an accurate, local epidemiological analysis. In Ecuador, the prevalence of the USA300 Latin American variant clone (USA300-LV) is well known; however, there is little information about other circulating clones. The aim of this work was to identify the sequence types (ST)...
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