Genetic basis of rifampicin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus suggests clonal expansion in hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Since 2001, several studies have reported high rifampicin resistance rates (45 - 100%) among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from South Africa. The authors previously characterised 100 MRSA isolates from hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa; forty-five percent...

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Autores principales: Jansen van Rensburg, Melissa J, Whitelaw, Andrew C, Elisha, Brenda G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-46

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