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Identification and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Strains with an Incomplete Hemolytic Phenotype.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2016
Zhang Haifang, Zheng Yi, Gao Huasheng, Xu Ping, Wang Min, Li Aiqing, Miao Minhui, Xie Xiaofang, Deng Yimai, Zhou Huiqin, Du Hong
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen causing both hospital and community-acquired infections. Hemolysin is one of the important virulence factors for S. aureus and causes the typical β-hemolytic phenotype which is called complete hemolytic phenotype as well. Recently, S. aureus with an incomplete hemolytic phenotype (SIHP) was isolated from clinical samples. To study the microbiologic characteristics of...
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