Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus protein A (spa) mutants in the community and hospitals in Oxfordshire.
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcal protein A (spa) is an important virulence factor which enables Staphylococcus aureus to evade host immune responses. Genotypes known as "spa-types", based on highly variable Xr region sequences of the spa-gene, are frequently used to classify strains. A weakness...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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