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Invasive Staphylococcus aureus strains are highly variable in PFGE patterns, agr group and exoprotein production.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Gustafsson Erik, Jacobsson Gunnar, Nilsson Patric, Enroth Helena, Beronius Marie Kia, Andersson Rune, Arvidson Staffan
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we have investigated 37 invasive Staphylococcus aureus strains (collected between 1997 and 2005) from 33 human episodes of septicaemia causing either endocarditis or vertebral osteomyelitis. All S. aureus strains were typed using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and most strains belonged to any of 4 different PFGE clusters. There was no correlation between any of the PFGE clusters...
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