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Mobile genetic elements responsible for discordant Staphylococcus aureus phenotypes and genotypes in the same blood culture bottle.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2020
Tickler Isabella A, Goering Richard V, Dewell Scott, Le Victoria M, Johar Leepakshi, Obradovich Anne E, Tenover Fred C
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 15-20% of the S. aureus genome contains mobile genetic elements that can cause discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic identification methods. Three blood culture bottles (each from a different patient) that showed discordant results, were shown to contain 2 S. aureus isolates after additional subcultures. One bottle had MRSA and MSSA that by DNA sequence analysis differed only by 31 kb;...
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