| Literature DB >> 10334598 |
R L B Ramos1, L A Teixeira2,1, L R Ormonde3,1, P L A Siqueira1, M S Santos4, D Marangoni4, A M S Figueiredo2,1.
Abstract
Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial agent that has been successfully used to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the anterior nares and other sites of patients and health care personnel. This report describes the acquisition of a novel mupirocin resistance gene (ileS) by an epidemic MRSA clone that is geographically widespread in Brazil.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10334598 DOI： 10.1099/00222615-48-3-303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Microbiol ISSN： 0022-2615 Impact factor: 2.472