Genetic relatedness of Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from cystic fibrosis patients at a tertiary academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited recessive disease that affects mucocillary clearance in the lung, allowing it to be colonised with bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. To survive in the CF lung S. aureus adapts both phenotypically and genotypically, through various mechanisms. In this study, multiple specimens were collected from the participants and were processed routinely and were additionally cultured...

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