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DNAGear--a free software for spa type identification in Staphylococcus aureus.
BMC research notes - 19 Nov 2012
AL-Tam Faroq, Brunel Anne-Sophie, Bouzinbi Nicolas, Corne Philippe, Bañuls Anne-Laure, Shahbazkia Hamid Reza
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is both human commensal and an important human pathogen, responsible for community-acquired and nosocomial infections ranging from superficial wound infections to invasive infections, such as osteomyelitis, bacteremia and endocarditis, pneumonia or toxin shock syndrome with a mortality rate up to 40%. S. aureus reveals a high genetic polymorphism and detecting the genotypes is...
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