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Phenotypic and genetic characterization of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the tropics of Southeast Asia.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 2016
Zulkeflle Siti Norayuni Mohd, Yusaimi Yus Amira, Sugiura Norio, Iwamoto Koji, Goto Masafumi, Utsumi Motoo, Othman Nor'azizi Bin, Zakaria Zuriati, Hara Hirofumi
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Antibiotic resistance has become a major public health problem throughout the world. The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in hospital wastewater is a cause for great concern today. In this study, 276 Staph. aureus isolates were recovered from hospital wastewater samples in Malaysia. All of the isolates were screened for susceptibility...
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