Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance in the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from hospital cockroaches

Abstract Background Cockroaches are one of the most important and frequent insects responsible for harboring, transmission and dissemination of human pathogens in the hospital environment. The present research was done to study the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance i...

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Main Authors: Zohreh Abdolmaleki, Zohreh Mashak, Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0505-7