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Staphylococcus aureus isolates colonizing and infecting cirrhotic and liver-transplantation patients: comparison of molecular typing and virulence factors.
BMC microbiology - 14 Nov 2015
de Oliveira Larissa Marques, van der Heijden Inneke Marie, Golding George R, Abdala Edson, Freire Maristela P, Rossi Flavia, D' alburquerque Luiz C, Levin Anna S, Costa Silvia F
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BACKGROUND: S. aureus is an important agent of colonization and infection in liver transplant patients. It harbors several virulence factors that can increase its pathogenicity. However, studies of virulence and molecular typing of MRSA in cirrhotic and liver transplantation patients are scarce. RESULTS: Here we use SCCmec, PFGE, spa typing, MLST and virulence factors to characterize MRSA isolates in pre and post...
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