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Clinical and molecular epidemiology of community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in New Zealand children.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 2014
Williamson D A, Ritchie S R, Roberts S A, Coombs G W, Thomas M G, Hannaford O, Baker M G, Lennon D, Fraser J D
Abstract excerpt
Our aim was to describe the epidemiology and incidence of community-onset invasive S. aureus disease in children presenting to our hospital, and to compare the clonal complexes and virulence genes of S. aureus strains causing invasive and non-invasive disease. The virulence gene repertoire of invasive disease isolates was characterized using DNA microarray and compared with the virulence gene repertoire of...
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