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Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Staphylococcus lugdunensis implies a clonal population structure.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2012
Chassain Benoît, Lemée Ludovic, Didi Jennifer, Thiberge Jean-Michel, Brisse Sylvain, Pons Jean-Louis, Pestel-Caron Martine
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is recognized as one of the major pathogenic species within the genus Staphylococcus, even though it belongs to the coagulase-negative group. A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed to study the genetic relationships and population structure of 87 S. lugdunensis isolates from various clinical and geographic sources by DNA sequence analysis of seven housekeeping genes...
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