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New Staphylococcus aureus genetic cluster associated with infectious osteomyelitis.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Donate-Correa Javier, Alcoba-Flórez Julia, Méndez-Álvarez Sebastián
Abstract excerpt
Diverse genotyping methods, including multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA), pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and multilocus sequence typing (MLST), were used for genotyping Staphylococcus aureus in samples recovered from a clinical case of osteomyelitis. An unexpected genetic diversity of strains was determined, including four new sequence types (ST 1521, 1522, 1628 and...
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