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J Med Microbiol ; 48(3): 303-307, 1999 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10334598

ABSTRACT

Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial agent that has been successfully used to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the anterior nares and other sites of patients and health care personnel. This report describes the acquisition of a novel mupirocin resistance gene (ileS) by an epidemic MRSA clone that is geographically widespread in Brazil.


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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics , Mupirocin/pharmacology , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects , Brazil , Cross Infection/microbiology , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Disease Outbreaks , Drug Resistance, Multiple , Humans , Methicillin Resistance , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Physical Chromosome Mapping , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
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