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Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian Hospitals

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2008-04-01

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Article

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00951137

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10.1128/JCM.02238-07

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2-s2.0-42449117604

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Mahidol University

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.46, No.4 (2008), 1520-1522

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Edward J. Feil, Emma K. Nickerson, Narisara Chantratita, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pramot Srisomang, Richard Cousins, Wu Bin Pan, Ge Zhang, Bang Lao Xu, Nicholas P.J. Day, Sharon J. Peacock Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian Hospitals. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.46, No.4 (2008), 1520-1522. doi:10.1128/JCM.02238-07 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19724

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Rapid detection of the pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST 239, a dominant strain in Asian Hospitals

Author(s)

Edward J. Feil
 Emma K. Nickerson
 Narisara Chantratita
 Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
 Pramot Srisomang
 Richard Cousins
 Wu Bin Pan
 Ge Zhang
 Bang Lao Xu
 Nicholas P.J. Day
 Sharon J. Peacock

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University of Bath
 Mahidol University
 Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
 Sappasitthiprasong Hospital
 Sun Yat-Sen University
 Guangzhou First Municipal People's Hospital

Abstract

We describe and validate a novel PCR assay to detect the pandemic hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) lineage ST 239. Results based on previously uncharacterized isolates from a hospital in northeast Thailand support the view that at least 90% of HA-MRSA isolates in mainland Asia correspond to ST 239 or close relatives. Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Medicine

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