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V Sivadon1, M Rottman, J-C Quincampoix, E Prunier, P de Mazancourt, L Bernard, A Lortat-Jacob, P Piriou, T Judet, J-L Gaillard.
Abstract
We sequenced the adhesin-cell wall-anchoring domain of the atlE gene of 49 invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains. We identified 22 alleles, which could be separated into two main groups: group 1 (alleles 1 and 6 to 16, 32/49 strains) and group 2 (alleles 2 to 5 and 17 to 22, 17/49 strains). Allele 1 (the type strain sequence) was by far the most prevalent (21 of 49 strains). Multilocus sequence typing showed a clear relationship between the atlE allele and the sequence type (ST), with the "nosocomial" ST27 clone and closely related STs expressing group 1 alleles.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16672417 PMCID: PMC1479219 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1839-1843.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948