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Genotypic characterization of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in the Czech Republic.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Feb 2006
Hrstka Roman, Růzicková Vladislava, Petrás Petr, Pantůcek Roman, Rosypal Stanislav, Doskar Jirí
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), PCR ribotyping, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus motif (ERIC2)-PCR, and prophage content analysis was carried out in 45 toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1)-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in 19 cities of the Czech Republic between 1986 and 2004. Twenty-four wild-type TSST-1-positive isolates of which 18 strains were the...
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