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Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis isolates are associated with clonal complex 30 genotype and a distinct repertoire of enterotoxins and adhesins.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2011
Nienaber Juhsien J C, Sharma Kuinkel Batu K, Clarke-Pearson Michael, Lamlertthon Supaporn, Park Lawrence, Rude Thomas H, Barriere Steve, Woods Christopher W, Chu Vivian H, Marín Mercedes, Bukovski Suzana, Garcia Patricia, Corey G Ralph, Korman Tony, Doco-Lecompte Thanh, Murdoch David R, Reller L Barth, Fowler Vance G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Using multinational collections of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates from infective endocarditis (IE) and soft tissue infections (STIs), we sought to (1) validate the finding that S. aureus in clonal complex (CC) 30 is associated with hematogenous complications and (2) test the hypothesis that specific genetic characteristics in S. aureus are associated with infection...
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