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SUBMITTER: Sabri I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3832105 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sabri Israr I Adwan Kamel K Essawi Tamer A TA Farraj Mohammad A MA
European journal of microbiology & immunology 20130923 3
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in three different Arab world countries (West Bank of Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq) was the aim of the study presented here. This is done on the basis of spa sequencing and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing. The majority (92%) of the spa-tested isolates belonged to spa type t932 and possessed the (SCCmec) type III. These data suggest that MRSA clone, which harbors the spa type t932 and ( ...[more]