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Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in asymptomatic carriers.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2009
Monecke S, Luedicke C, Slickers P, Ehricht R
Abstract excerpt
Microarrays were used to extensively characterise 155 Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from asymptomatic carriers from Saxony, Germany, in order to determine clonal complex affiliation, as well as the carriage of clinically relevant genes. Isolates belonged to 20 different clonal complexes (CCs). The most common CC was CC8 (18.71%), followed by CCs 15, 30 and 45. Three isolates (1.94%) were...
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