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Molecular Characterization of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in the United States 2004–2008 Reveals the Rapid Expansion of USA300 Among Inpatients and Outpatients
9 Jul 2012
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To assess the clonal structure of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States, we performed a molecular epidemiological study of 1,055 S. aureus isolates from a nationally representative clinical isolate collection from 2004-2008. Resistant and susceptible isolates were typed with multilocus sequence typing, tested for the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), and serotyped. USA300 (multilocus sequence...
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