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Genetic variation among Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding bacteriophages in Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 30 strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2013
Chen Liang, Chavda Kalyan D, Solanki Mihir, Mediavilla José R, Mathema Barun, Schlievert Patrick M, Kreiswirth Barry N
Abstract excerpt
Clonal complex 30 (CC30), one of the major Staphylococcus aureus lineages, has caused extensive hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections worldwide. Recent comparative genomics studies have demonstrated that three CC30 clones-phage type 80/81, Southwest Pacific (SWP), and contemporary EMRSA-16 associated (Con) strains-shared a recent common ancestor more than 100 years ago. Panton-Valentine leukocidin...
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