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Staphylococcus aureus strains that are hypersusceptible to resistance gene transfer from enterococci.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2007
Sung Julia M-L, Lindsay Jodi A
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We identified naturally occurring Staphylococcus aureus mutants of the restriction modification pathway SauI, including bovine lineage ST151. In a model of vancomycin resistance transfer from Enterococcus faecalis, ST151 isolates are 500 times more susceptible than human S. aureus isolates. The eradication of "hyperrecipient" strains may reduce the evolution of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus.
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