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Clin Microbiol Infect
; 20(10): O772-5, 2014 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24461054
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of clonal complex (CC) 398 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) was unexpectedly high among bone and joint infections (BJIs) and nasal-colonizing isolates in France, with surprising geographical heterogeneity. With none of the major, most-known staphylococcal virulence genes, MSSA CC398 BJI was associated with lower biological inflammatory syndrome and lower treatment failure rates.