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Coagulase and protein A polymorphisms do not contribute to persistence of nasal colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 1997
Van Belkum A, Riewarts Eriksen N H, Sijmons M, Van Leeuwen W, Van den Bergh M, Kluytmans J, Espersen F, Verbrugh H
Abstract excerpt
The nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus was examined in a longitudinal study of 31 healthy Danish volunteers. Each person was classified as persistent (>8 positive cultures from 10 examinations), an intermittent carrier (50-80% positive cultures) or an ocassional carrier (positive cultures on 10-40% of ocassions only). One hundred and twenty strains from these persons were subjected to phage typing and...
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