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Prevalence of genes encoding for members of the staphylococcal leukotoxin family among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2004
von Eiff Christof, Friedrich Alexander W, Peters Georg, Becker Karsten
Abstract excerpt
Well-characterized Staphylococcus aureus nasal and blood isolates (N = 429) were tested by polymerase chain reaction for the prevalence of genes that encode leukocidal toxins. The leukotoxin genes lukE+lukD were found at high prevalence, significantly more so in blood (82%) than in nasal isolates (60.5%). Although almost all isolates were positive for the gamma-hemolysin gene, none was positive for lukM. Genes...
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