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Biosensor for Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteria
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Biosensor for Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteria

Published on: May 8, 2013

First detection of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 carrying ermT in processed

Adriana Griselda Barboza1, Lucia Rago2, Sabrina Di Gregorio3

  • 1Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Modulo de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Revista Argentina De Microbiologia
|August 4, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
AlimentosCC398ErmtFoodFood safetyInocuidad alimentariaMacrolide resistanceResistencia a macrólidosStaphylococcus aureusermT

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