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Impact of agr dysfunction on virulence profiles and infections associated with a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) variant of the lineage ST1-SCCmec IV

BACKGROUND: A novel variant of the ST1-SCCmecIV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineage, mostly associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSI), has emerged in Rio de Janeiro. Bacterial biofilm has been considered a major virulence factor in central venous catheter-associa...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Fabienne Antunes, Souza, Raquel Rodrigues, de Sousa Moraes, Bruno, de Amorim Ferreira, Ana Maria, Américo, Marco Antônio, Fracalanzza, Sérgio Eduardo Longo, dos Santos Silva Couceiro, José Nelson, Sá Figueiredo, Agnes Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23622558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-93