Spa Diversity among MRSA and MSSA Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in North of Iran

Protein A of Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic factor whose encoding gene, spa, shows a variation in length in different strains. In this study the spa gene variation in S. aureus isolated from healthy carriers and patients was studied, We also compared this variation among MRSA with MSSA strai...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Shakeri, Abolfath Shojai, Masoud Golalipour, Somaye Rahimi Alang, Hamid Vaez, Ezzat Allah Ghaemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/351397