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The Staphylococcus aureus lineage-specific markers collagen adhesin and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 distinguish multilocus sequence typing clonal complexes within spa clonal complexes.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Oct 2009
Deurenberg Ruud H, Rijnders Michelle I A, Sebastian Silvie, Welling Maaike A, Beisser Patrick S, Stobberingh Ellen E
Abstract excerpt
Spa typing/based upon repeat pattern (BURP) sometimes cannot differentiate multilocus sequence typing (MLST) clonal complexes (CCs) within spa-CCs. It has been observed previously that virulence factors, such as collagen adhesin (CNA) and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), are associated with certain Staphylococcus aureus lineages. Analysis of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant S. aureus by spa...
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