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Micael Widerström1, Cheryll A McCullough, Geoffrey W Coombs, Tor Monsen, Keryn J Christiansen.
Abstract
We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from an MDRSE genotype identified in European hospitals, which may indicate that highly adaptable health care-associated genotypes of S. epidermidis have emerged and disseminated worldwide in the health care setting.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22442320 PMCID: PMC3372155 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06456-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948