Molecular Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Causative Agent of Bronchopulmonary Infection: Relation to Colonization in the Upper Respiratory Tract

Using five diagnostic markers, we compared the types of 72 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated simultaneously from the nasal cavity, pharynx, and sputum from 24 patients. Almost identical MRSA types had colonized the nasal cavity and sputum from the same patient fo...

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Main Authors: Watanabe, Hiroshi, Masaki, Hironori, Asoh, Norichika, Watanabe, Kiwao, Oishi, Kazunori, Kobayashi, Shinobu, Sato, Akiyoshi, Nagatake, Tsuyoshi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC87496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11015423
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