Bacteriology

Some Staphylococcus aureus clones more virulent than others

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 15th, 2005

Some Staphylococcus aureus clones are more virulent than others.

According to a study from Netherlands, "The population structure of Staphylococcus aureas carried by healthy humans was determined using a large strain collection of nonclinical origin (n=829).

"High-throughput amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis revealed 3 major and 2 minor genetic clusters of S. aureus, which were corroborated by multilocus sequence typing."

"Major AFLP cluster I comprised 44.4% of the carriage isolates and showed additional heterogeneity whereas major AFLP groups II and III presented 2 homogeneous clusters,...

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