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Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus collected from a Major Hospital in Amman, Jordan

Author(s) -

Dana A Bazzoun,

Houda Harastani,

Asem Shehabi,

Sima Tokajian

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.3676

Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , typing , microbiology and biotechnology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , medicine , virology , biology , bacteria , genetics

Over the past decade methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been recognized as a major cause of healthcare associated infections. Recently, however, epidemiology of this pathogen has changed drastically with the emergence of new clones in the community. Efficient epidemiological typing methods are essential to monitor and limit the occurrence and spread of epidemic clones.

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