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High frequency of SCCmec type V and agr type I among heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) in north India.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Mar 2017
Singh Avinash, Prasad Kashi Nath, Rahman Mohibur, Rai Ravi Prakash, Singh Satyendra Kumar, Srivastava Janmejai Kumar
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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare the genetic features of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) and vancomycin-sensitive methicillin-resistant S. aureus (VS-MRSA) isolates. METHODS: The presence of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), accessory gene regulator (agr) types, and vanA and vanB genes in hVISA and...
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