Dissemination of high-level mupirocin-resistant CC22-MRSA-IV in Saxony

Dissemination of high-level mupirocin-resistant CC22-MRSA-IV in Saxony

Mupirocin is used for eradicating methicillin-resistant (MRSA) in nasal colonization. A plasmid-borne gene, , is associated with high-level mupirocin resistance. Despite the fact that, among all MRSA from a tertiary care center in the German state of Saxony, the prevalence of , encoding high-level...

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Main Authors: Monecke, Stefan, Ruppelt-Lorz, Antje, Müller, Elke, Reissig, Annett, Thürmer, Alexander, Shore, Anna C., Coleman, David C., Ehricht, Ralf, Jatzwauk, Lutz
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-11-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
mupirocin
high-level mupirocin resistance
mupA
“Barnim Epidemic Strain”
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2017-12/dgkh000304.shtml

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