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Research Article

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci Isolated in Clinical Samples: a 3-year Retrospective Study Analysis

Abdel Karim Foloum1 Department of Biological Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Technology, YaoundéCameroon
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Luria Leslie Founou2 Department of Food Safety & Environmental Microbiology, Centre of Expertise & Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM), YaoundéCameroon;3 AMR Insights, Ambassador Network;4 Bioinformatics & Applied Machine Learning Research Unit, EDEN Foundation, YaoundéCameroonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sabrina Karang1 Department of Biological Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Technology, YaoundéCameroon
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Yolande Maled1 Department of Biological Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Technology, YaoundéCameroon
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Cedrice Tsayem5 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Centre of Expertise & Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM), YaoundéCameroon
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Martin Kuete6 Department of Reproductive & Child Health, Centre of Expertise & Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM), YaoundéCameroon
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Michel Noubom7 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, DschangCameroon;8 District Hospital of Dschang, DschangCameroon
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Raspail Carrel Founou3 AMR Insights, Ambassador Network;7 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, DschangCameroonORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-2103
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Article: FSO681 | Received 28 Oct 2020, Accepted 07 Jan 2021, Published online: 04 Feb 2021

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