Microarray-based genotyping and clinical outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: an exploratory study.

The clinical course of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia varies extensively. We sought to determine the relationship between genetic characteristics of the infecting pathogen and clinical outcomes in an exploratory study. In two study centers, 317 blood culture isolates were analyzed by DNA microarra...

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Main Authors: Siegbert Rieg, Daniel Jonas, Achim J Kaasch, Christine Porzelius, Gabriele Peyerl-Hoffmann, Christian Theilacker, Marc-Fabian Küpper, Christian Schneider, Harald Seifert, Winfried V Kern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23967176/pdf/?tool=EBI