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Unconventional SCCmec types and low prevalence of the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin exotoxin in South African blood culture Staphylococcus aureus surveillance isolates, 2013-2016

Staphylococcus aureus is a healthcare-associated pathogen that can harbour multiple antimicrobial resistance determinants and express multiple virulence factors e.g. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL). Unknown staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing patterns were previously observed am...

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Autores principales: Singh-Moodley, Ashika, Strasheim, Wilhelmina, Mogokotleng, Ruth, Ismail, Husna, Perovic, Olga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31774877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225726