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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkm474
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Successful, multiresistant bacterial clones

Neil Woodford*

Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK

* Tel: +44-208-8327-7255; Fax: +44-208-8327-6264; E-mail: neil.woodford{at}hpa.org.uk

Multilocus sequence typing gives us unparalleled insights into the population biology of bacterial species, including those that cause healthcare-associated and/or community-acquired infections. For many of these species, we now recognize the existence of internationally prevalent clones, which are often resistant to multiple antibiotics.

Key Words: E. coli , Enterococcus , Staphylococcus , MLST


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