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Investigation of toxin genes among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary hospital in Malaysia.
Tropical biomedicine - 1 Jun 2012
Lim K T, Hanifah Y A, Mohd Yusof M Y, Thong K L
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Staphylococcus aureus is a persistent human pathogen responsible for a variety of infections ranging from soft-tissue infections to bacteremia. It produces a variety of virulence factors which are responsible for specific acute staphylococcal toxaemia syndromes. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of a repertoire of toxin genes among Malaysian MRSA strains and their genetic...
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