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Variability in SCCmec(N1 )spreading among injection drug users in Zurich, Switzerland

BACKGROUND: An extremely low level methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) belonging to ST45, circulates among intravenous drug users in the Zurich area. This clone can be misinterpreted as an MSSA by phenotypic oxacillin resistance tests, although it carries a staphylococcal cassette chr...

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Autores principales: Ender, Miriam, Berger-Bächi, Brigitte, McCallum, Nadine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-62