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Dissemination of multisusceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Singapore.

Hsu LY, Koh TH, Singh K, Kang ML, Kurup A, Tan BH

Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road S169608, Singapore. liyang_hsu@yahoo.com

Analysis of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary public hospital in Singapore revealed that multisusceptible strains had gradually started to replace the endemic multiresistant strain (ST239-MRSA-III) since 2002. Molecular typing showed that this was a predominantly clonal outbreak of a UK-EMRSA-15 strain (ST22-MRSA-IV).

Published 15 June 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(6): 2923-5.
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