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. 2013 Apr;56(8):e83-6.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cis1205. Epub 2012 Dec 21.

CC9 livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus emerges in bloodstream infections in French patients unconnected with animal farming

Cindy Lamamy  1 , Aline Berthelot, Xavier Bertrand, Anne-Sophie Valentin, Sandra Dos Santos, Sophie Thiais, Virginie Morange, Nicole Girard, Pierre-Yves Donnio, Roland Quentin, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrice François, Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet; Bloodstream Infection Study Group of the Réseau des Hygiénistes du Centre
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CC9 livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus emerges in bloodstream infections in French patients unconnected with animal farming

Cindy Lamamy et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

We report 4 bloodstream infections associated with CC9 agr type II Staphylococcus aureus in individuals without animal exposure. We demonstrate, by microarray analysis, the presence of egc cluster, fnbA, cap operon, lukS, set2, set12, splE, splD, sak, epiD, and can, genomic features associated with a high virulence potential in humans.

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