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Rise of CC398 lineage of Staphylococcus aureus among Infective endocarditis isolates revealed by two consecutive population-based studies in France.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Tristan Anne, Rasigade Jean-Philippe, Ruizendaal Esmée, Laurent Frédéric, Bes Michèle, Meugnier Hélène, Lina Gérard, Etienne Jerome, Celard Marie, Tattevin Pierre, Monecke Stefan, Le Moing Vincent, Vandenesch François
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two prospective studies on infective endocarditis (IE) conducted in 1999 and 2008 and isolated from non-IE bacteremia collected in 2006 were spa-typed and their virulence factors were analyzed with a microarray. Both populations were genetically diverse, with no virulence factors or genotypes significantly more associated with the IE isolates compared with the non-IE isolates....
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