Evolution and molecular characterization of MRSA epidemic and sporadic clones in Cordoba, Argentina

SOLA CLAUDIA; CORTES PAULO; SAKA HECTOR A; CORDOBA MRSA COLLABORATIVE STUDY GROUP; VINDEL ANA; JOSÉ LUIS

American Society for Microbiology

Lugar: Washington DC; Año: 2006 vol. 44 p. 192 - 192

span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="en"> Since 1999 a new epidemic methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain emerged in Argentina, named “Cordobes clone”, that coexisted with the pandemic Brazilian clone.