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Genotypes, superantigen gene profiles, and presence of exfoliative toxin genes in clinical methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2010
van Trijp Marijke J C A, Melles Damian C, Snijders Susan V, Wertheim Heiman F L, Verbrugh Henri A, van Belkum Alex, van Wamel Willem J
Abstract excerpt
We compared genotype and virulence gene profiles for strains from carriers with autologous invasive infection (n = 56), nasal isolates from matched carriers (n = 108), and invasive strains from noncarriers (n = 34). Superantigen gene profiles and presence of exfoliative toxin genes A and D were associated with clonal complex rather than with invasive disease.
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