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Characterisation of antibiotic resistance, virulence, clonality and mortality in MRSA and MSSA bloodstream infections at a tertiary-level hospital in Hungary: a 6-year retrospective study.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 7 May 2020
Horváth Andrea, Dobay Orsolya, Sahin-Tóth Judit, Juhász Emese, Pongrácz Júlia, Iván Miklós, Fazakas Enikő, Kristóf Katalin
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (BSI) cause significant morbidity and mortality due to the frequent antibiotic resistance, toxin and adhesin production of the bacterium. These characteristics differ significantly in methicillin resistant (MRSA) and methicillin sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and also among isolates of different MRSA clones, contributing to the outcome of S. aureus bacteraemia....
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