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1219. Increasing Methicillin Resistance of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a Tertiary Care Community Hospital in Japan

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, has virulence and pathogenicity similar to that of Staphylococcus aureus. Methicillin resistance and presence of mecA gene are not common in S. lugdunensis in many parts of the world. Recently, higher prevalence of methicil...

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Autores principales: Ichikawa, Takahiro, Kodama, Fumihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252601/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1052