Emerging high-level mupirocin resistance among MRSA isolates in Ireland

Angela Rossney; S O'Connell

doi:10.2807/ese.13.14.08084-en

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Emerging high-level mupirocin resistance among MRSA isolates in Ireland
Angela Rossney¹ , S O'Connell¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Reference Laboratory, Saint James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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Angela Rossney
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Citation style for this article: Rossney Angela, O'Connell S. Emerging high-level mupirocin resistance among MRSA isolates in Ireland. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(14):pii=8084. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.14.08084-en

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Abstract

High-level mupirocin resistance was detected among 37 of 2,586 (1.4%) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood-stream isolates sent to the Ireland's National MRSA Reference Laboratory between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2005, compared with 29 of 997 isolates (2.9%) sent between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2007.