Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Gene in Cutaneous Infections in the City of Isfahan
Background: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of Nosocomial and community infections that are becoming increasingly difficult to combat, because of emerging resistance to all classes of antibiotics. Moreover Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an important virulenc...
Main Authors: | Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Seyed Asghar Havaei, Solmaz Ohadian Moghadam |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2012-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Bacteriology |
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Online Access: | http://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/71/43 |
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