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Genotypic and phenotypic screening of high and low virulence Staphylococcus aureus isolates from rabbits for biofilm formation and MSCRAMMs.
Veterinary microbiology - 15 Nov 2004
Vancraeynest Dieter, Hermans Katleen, Haesebrouck Freddy
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At rabbit flock level, two types of Staphylococcus aureus infections can be distinguished. In the first type, caused by low virulence strains, the infection remains limited to a small number of animals. The second type of infection is caused by the high virulence strains, which spread throughout the rabbitry. The pathogenetic capacity of a particular S. aureus strain is attributed to a combination of...
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