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Widespread of the Vienna/Hungarian/Brazilian CC8-ST239-SCCmec III MRSA clone in patients hospitalized in the Tunisian Burn and Traumatology Center.
Letters in applied microbiology - 23 Jan 2023
Ben Said Meriam, Thabet Lamia, Cheriet Sarah, Messadi Amen Allah, Gómez Paula, Ruiz-Ripa Laura, Sghaier Senda, Hassen Bilel, Hassen Abdennaceur, Torres Carmen, Abbassi Mohamed Salah
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The emergence and spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals is a major global public health concern. The current study sought to characterize 25 MRSA clinical isolates collected in a Tunisian hospital from December 2015 to September 2016, with the genetic lineages, virulence factors, and antibiotic resistance mechanisms determined for these isolates. Three spa-types were detected:...
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