A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital

We report the molecular epidemiology of 27 clinical multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MDRSE) isolates collected between 2003 and 2007 in an Australian teaching hospital. The dominant genotype (sequence type 2 [ST2]) accounted for 85% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable fro...

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Main Authors: Widerström, M., McCullough, C., Coombs, Geoffrey, Monsen, T., Christiansen, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35668