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Sequence of the toxic shock syndrome toxin gene (tstH) borne by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with Kawasaki syndrome.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1996
Deresiewicz R L, Flaxenburg J, Leng K, Kasper D L
Abstract excerpt
To explore whether a novel staphylococcal clone or structural variant of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 is associated with Kawasaki syndrome, six toxigenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus from Kawasaki syndrome patients were studied. The strains were divisible into two groups based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and are therefore unequivocally not clonal. Portions of the tstH genes of each strain were...
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