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Virulence factors and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus from infection and carriage in Gabon.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2011
Schaumburg F, Ngoa U Ateba, Kösters K, Köck R, Adegnika A A, Kremsner P G, Lell B, Peters G, Mellmann A, Becker K
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus isolates from developed countries have been extensively analyzed with respect to their virulence patterns and clonal relatedness but there is only sparse information on the molecular diversity of S. aureus isolates from Africa. In particular, little is known about S. aureus isolates from asymptomatic carriers compared with isolates causing infections. From 2008 to 2010, we prospectively...
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