DNA MICROARRAY GENOTYPING AND VIRULENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE GENE PROFILING OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus BLOODSTREAM ISOLATES FROM RENAL PATIENTS
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McNICHOLAS S, SHORE AC, COLEMAN DC, HUMPHREYS H, FITZGERALD HUGHES D, DNA MICROARRAY GENOTYPING AND VIRULENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE GENE PROFILING OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus BLOODSTREAM ISOLATES FROM RENAL PATIENTS, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 49, 12, 2011, 4349 - 4351Download Item:
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Thirty-six methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream isolates from renal patients were genetically characterized by DNA microarray analysis and spa typing. The isolates were highly clonal, belonging mainly to ST22-MRSA-IV. The immune evasion and enterotoxin gene clusters were found in 29/36 (80%) and 33/36 (92%) of isolates, respectively.
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Author: SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY49
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