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Associations between the genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates and clinical characteristics and outcomes of bacteremic patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Lalani Tahaniyat, Federspiel Jerome J, Boucher Helen W, Rude Thomas H, Bae In-Gyu, Rybak Michael J, Tonthat Giang T, Corey G Ralph, Stryjewski Martin E, Sakoulas George, Chu Vivian H, Alder Jeff, Steenbergen Judith N, Luperchio Steven A, Campion Marilyn, Woods Christopher W, Fowler Vance G
Abstract excerpt
We investigated associations between the genotypic and phenotypic features of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates and the clinical characteristics of bacteremic patients enrolled in a phase III trial of S. aureus bacteremia and endocarditis. Isolates underwent pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR for 33 putative virulence genes, and screening for heteroresistant glycopeptide intermediate S. aureus...
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