Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8746363 | Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance | 2017 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
MRSA strains were observed at a prevalence of 26.7%, but 88.6% of hospital-acquired infections were MRSA, with no difference between BSIs and pneumonia. The highest resistance was observed to erythromycin and tobramycin. None of the strains were resistant to linezolid, glycopeptides or tigecycline. The strains had no significant virulence factors and the number of virulence genes present did not correlate with the degree of drug resistance. PFGE typing showed relatively high diversity of strains. The majority of isolates belonged to spa type t003 (CC5).
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Authors
Monika Pomorska-WesoÅowska, Agnieszka Chmielarczyk, Monika Chlebowicz, Grzegorz ZióÅkowski, Anna Szczypta, Joanna Natkaniec, Dorota Romaniszyn, Monika Pobiega, MirosÅawa Dzikowska, Lech Krawczyk, Joanna KozioÅ, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach,