Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates expressing low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Nigeria and South Africa

BACKGROUND: Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial agent which is used for the treatment of skin and postoperative wound infections, and the prevention of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, the prevalence of mupirocin resistance in S. aureus, particularly in...

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Autores principales: Shittu, Adebayo O, Udo, Edet E, Lin, Johnson
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19175912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-10

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