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A Adler1, I Chmelnitsky, P Shitrit, H Sprecher, S Navon-Venezia, A Embon, E Khabra, Y Paitan, L Keren, E Halperin, Y Carmeli, M J Schwaber.
Abstract
From 2006 to 2009, 315 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected from 5 hospitals across Israel. Most isolates (64%) were related to the global clones spa types t001-SCCmec-I (SCCmec-I stands for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type I) (n = 99; 31%), t002-SCCmec-II (n = 82; 26%), and t008-SCCmec-IV (n = 21; 7%), five of which were identified as MRSA strain USA-300. Seventeen strains unique to Israel were identified. SCCmec types IV and V were common among hospital-acquired isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22031705 PMCID: PMC3256713 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05446-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948