Diagnosis of MRSA
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ranging from wound infections to severe infections such as bacteremia and septicemia. The epidemiology of MRSA in Saudi Arabia has varied from a very low to high rates in different areas of the Kingdom. Madani et al5 in 1998 reported that Baraa T. Al-Haj-Hussein, MSc, FIBMS, Mohammed A. Al-Shehri, BSc, Esam A. Azhar, MSc, PhD, Ibraheem M. Ashankyty, MSEd, PhD, Abimbola O. Osoba, MD (Hons), FRC (Path).
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