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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01788-09
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Microbiological Characteristics of Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus in Uncomplicated Bacteremia and Infective Endocarditis

Chia-Yu Chi, Shih-Min Wang, Chia-Chun Lin, and Ching-Chuan Liu*

Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: liucc{at}mail.ncku.edu.tw.


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Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of community-associated bacteremia and infective endocarditis (IE). No significant genetic differences of genes encoding for virulence factors were found between isolates from IE and SAB groups (12 IE and 10 SAB), including the genes encoding for adhesins.






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