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J Clin Microbiol
; 40(11): 4289-94, 2002 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12409412
RESUMO
Multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones carrying type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec were identified in the community-acquired MRSA strains of both the United States and Australia. They multiplied much faster than health-care-associated MRSA and were resistant to fewer non-beta-lactam antibiotics. They seem to have been derived from more diverse S. aureus populations than health-care-associated MRSA strains.