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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Kenya.
BMC microbiology - 6 Nov 2019
Kyany'a Cecilia, Nyasinga Justin, Matano Daniel, Oundo Valerie, Wacira Simon, Sang Willie, Musila Lillian
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BACKGROUND: The increase and spread of virulent-outbreak associated, methicillin and vancomycin resistant (MRSA/VRSA) Staphylococcus aureus require a better understanding of the resistance and virulence patterns of circulating and emerging strains globally. This study sought to establish the resistance phenotype, and strains of 32 non-duplicate clinical MRSA and MSSA S. aureus isolates from four Kenyan hospitals,...
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