Near absence of methicillin-resistance and pronounced genetic diversity among Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from healthy persons in northern Sweden

Authors :: Tor Monsen
Micael Widerström
Elin Ek
Helen Edebro
Johan Wiström
Source :: APMIS. 119:505-512
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Wiley, 2011.
Abstract: The main aim of the study was to examine if hospital-associated clones of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE), commonly identified in hospitals in our region, also are spread amo ...

Subjects :: Microbiology (medical)
Genetic diversity
Meticillin
Molecular epidemiology
General Medicine
Biology
biology.organism_classification
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Genotype
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
medicine
Immunology and Allergy
Multilocus sequence typing
Antibacterial agent
medicine.drug

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