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Drug Resistance
Studies from Creighton University add new findings in the area of drug resistance
November 4th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection, "The incidence of the epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA) strains EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16 in Scotland has increased dramatically, now accounting for c. 70% and c. 20% of isolates, respectively. Epidemiological tracking of these EMRSA strains is difficult, as c. 50% of EMRSA-15 and c. 35% of EMRSA-16 isolates are indistinguishable using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and other typing methods." "The usefulness of mec-associated direct repeat unit (dru) sequence analysis as a more sensitive approach to tracking the persistence and spread of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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