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Longitudinal survey of Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis patients using a multiple-locus variable-number of tandem-repeats analysis method.
BMC microbiology - 27 Jan 2010
Vu-Thien Hoang, Hormigos Katia, Corbineau Gaëlle, Fauroux Brigitte, Corvol Harriet, Moissenet Didier, Vergnaud Gilles, Pourcel Christine
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is frequent and may be due to colonization by a few pathogenic lineages. Systematic genotyping of all isolates, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) as well as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is necessary...
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