Comparative study of virulence factors among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Comparative study of virulence factors among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Abstract Background Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is recognized worldwide as a leading cause of hospital and community infections. Biofilm formation by MRSA is an extremely important virulence factor to be understood. Our aim was to establish phenotypic and genotypic characteriz...

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Main Authors: Ons Haddad, Abderrahmen Merghni, Aida Elargoubi, Hajer Rhim, Yosr Kadri, Maha Mastouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
methicillin
biofilm
virulence
adhesion molecules
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3457-2

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