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Biofilm-Forming Clinical Staphylococcus Isolates Harbor Horizontal Transfer and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
16 Oct 2017
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Staphylococci, mainly Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis, are well-known causative agents of a large number of human infectious diseases, including skin, soft tissue, respiratory tract, bone, joint and endovascular infections, as well as infections related to implanted medical devices (Le et al., 2014; Otto, 2012). Their pathogenicity is due not only to the virulence factors that they express, but also to...
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