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Spread of the multiresistant Iberian clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to Italy and Scotland.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1998
Mato R, Santos Sanches I, Venditti M, Platt D J, Brown A, Chung M, de Lencastre H
Abstract excerpt
The multidrug-resistant "Iberian" clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was first identified on the basis of its unique DNA fingerprints as the strain responsible for the massive 1989 outbreak of MRSA disease in the hospital Princeps d'Espanya, Barcelona, Spain. Most Iberian...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Methicillin Resistance
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phenotype
- Scotland
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus