Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in an Australian cohort, 1989-2003: evidence for the low prevalence of the toxic shock toxin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.

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The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of the toxic shock toxin gene (tst) and to enumerate the circulating strains of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Australian isolates collected over two decades. The aim was to subtype these strains using the binary genes pvl, cna, sdrE, pUB110 and pT181. Isolates were assayed using real-time...

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