Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Staphylococcus aureus from healthcare institutions in Ghana.

The objective of this study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and clonal diversity of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Ghana. A total of 308 S. aureus isolates from six healthcare institutions located across Northern, Central and Southern Ghana were characterized...

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Main Authors: Beverly Egyir, Luca Guardabassi, Marit Sørum, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Augusta Kolekang, Enoch Frimpong, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Mercy Jemima Newman, Anders Rhod Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3934920?pdf=render