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Unusually High Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes among Methicillin-Sensitive <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains Carried in the Indonesian Population
24 Apr 2008
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Few data on the molecular characteristics and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus from Indonesia are available. The purpose of the present study was to define S. aureus reservoirs in both the Indonesian community and hospital using a collection of 329 nasal carriage isolates obtained during a survey of 3,995 healthy individuals and patients from Java, Indonesia. Only one strain (0.3%) was identified as...
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