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Characterization of antibiotic-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci from fresh produce and description of Staphylococcus shinii sp. nov. isolated from chives
22 Jun 2022
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Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) species may possess antibiotic resistance genes and have been associated with nosocomial infections. In this study, 91 CoNS with decreased susceptibility to oxacillin were isolated from fresh produce using oxacillin containing agar plates. Their antibiotic resistances were determined phenotypically and all isolates were identified by rep-PCR, 16S rRNA and rpoB gene...
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