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Superantigen types in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2006
Bania J, Dabrowska A, Rózalska B, Sadowska B, Wieckowska-Szakiel M, Korzekwa K, Zarczyńska A, Bystroń J, Chrzanowska J, Molenda J
Abstract excerpt
The screening of 17 SAg genes of S. aureus isolated from the sputum of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients revealed that among 47 genetically different strains, 39 (83 %) carried SAg genes. Superantigens forming enterotoxin gene cluster were detected in 20 strains. The 2nd most common superantigen type was selk detected in 13 strains. In 9 strains, selk occurred together with the sea gene. Out of 74 strains recovered...
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