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Takashi Sasaki1, Sae Tsubakishita, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Isamu Hongo, Tsuneo Fukata, Hidenori Kabeya, Soichi Maruyama, Keiichi Hiramatsu.
Abstract
We determined the population genetic structures of feline and canine Staphylococcus aureus strains in Japan by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Ecological analyses suggested that multiple feline-related S. aureus clones, including ST133, naturally occur as commensals and can cause endogenous infections in felines. In contrast, S. aureus populations do not likely include any clone that exhibits tropism in domestic dogs. Even if S. aureus infections occur in dogs, the pathologies are likely exogenous infections.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22442314 PMCID: PMC3372125 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06739-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948