Abstract
Eighty-two percent of 320 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from various infection sites collected throughout South Africa were separated into five major globally prevalent clusters by SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa, and SCCmec typing. Only one Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolate was detected. This is the first detailed MRSA epidemiology study for the whole country.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Pages (from-to) | 4608-4611 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0095-1137 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2010 |