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A foodborne outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus associated with fried chicken in Republic of Korea.
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jan 2013
Hyeon Ji-Yeon, Chung Gyung-Tae, Bing Sun-Hye, Kwon Kyung-Sook, Lee Hyeon-Hee, Kim Soo-Jin, Jeon Se-Eun, Kang Yeon-Ho, Kim Junyoung
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus infections occurred in a university with an enrollment of 80 students in the city of Daejon, Republic of Korea. All nine S. aureus isolates from patients (n = 7), staff members (n = 1), and the fried chicken served as the lunch (n = 1) harbored the enterotoxin A gene and showed an identical antibioticresistant profile, PFGE banding pattern (STAS16.001), and sequence type, ST...
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