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SUBMITTER: Escobar-Perez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5282769 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Escobar-Perez Javier J Reyes Niradiz N Marquez-Ortiz Ricaurte Alejandro RA Rebollo Juan J Pinzón Hernando H Tovar Catalina C Moreno-Castañeda Jaime J Corredor Zayda Lorena ZL Castro Betsy Esperanza BE Moncada Maria Victoria MV Vanegas Natasha N
BMC infectious diseases 20170131 1
<h4>Background</h4>Community-genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) clones are a global concern due to their resistance and increased virulence and their ability to cause infections both hospitalized patients and healthy people in the community. Here, we characterize 32 isolates of a new CG-MRSA clone. These isolates were identified in four cities in Colombia, South America.<h4>Methods</h4>The isolates were recovered from four different epidemiological and prospective stu ...[more]