| Literature DB >> 15328144 |
Olivier Denis1, Ariane Deplano, Claire Nonhoff, Raf De Ryck, Ricardo de Mendonça, Sylvianne Rottiers, Raymond Vanhoof, Marc J Struelens.
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains (n = 455) collected in 2001 from 100 Belgian hospitals were characterized by molecular typing and by resistance gene distribution to macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramins and to aminoglycoside antibiotics. Rapid diversification of MRSA clones, compared with results of previous surveys, was evidenced by the broad geographic distribution of seven major clones belonging to the pandemic MRSA clonal complexes 5, 8, 22, 30, and 45 by multilocus sequence typing.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15328144 PMCID: PMC514792 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3625-3629.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191