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SCCmec and spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Israel. Detection of SCCmec type V

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An Erratum to this article was published on 15 March 2008

An Erratum to this article was published on 15 March 2008

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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from three hospitals in Israel was the aim of the study presented here. We identified 11 distinct genetic clones by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Molecular typing identified four different SCCmec types—I, II, IV, and V−and nine spa types. Spa type t002 was the most common.

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  1. Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Research, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    I. Chmelnitsky, S. Navon-Venezia, A. Leavit & Y. Carmeli

  2. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    E. Somekh

  3. The Infectious Diseases Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    G. Regev-Yochai

  4. The Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

    M. Chowers & P. Shitrit

  5. Division of Epidemiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St, Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

    I. Chmelnitsky

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-008-0474-x

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Chmelnitsky, I., Navon-Venezia, S., Leavit, A. et al. SCCmec and spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Israel. Detection of SCCmec type V. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 27, 385–390 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0426-x

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