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Spread of a Methicillin-Resistant and Multiresistant Epidemic Clone of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Argentina
1 Dec 1998
Abstract excerpt
One hundred forty-eight recent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected from 13 hospitals in Argentina were examined for antibiotic susceptibility and clonal type, using hybridization with DNA probes specific for mecA and Tn554, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of chromosomal SmaI digests. The majority of the isolates (62.2%) shared the common PFGE B pattern and carried...
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