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Prophages and adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 to the human clinic.
BMC genomics - 6 Feb 2017
Diene Seydina M, Corvaglia Anna Rita, François Patrice, van der Mee-Marquet Nathalie
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BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that prophages in the ST398 S. aureus clone are responsible for expanding ST398's spectrum of action and increasing its ability to cause human infections. We carried out the first characterization of the various prophages carried by 76 ST398 bloodstream infection (BSI) isolates obtained over 9 years of observation. RESULTS: Whole-genome sequencing of 22 representative isolates...
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