Comparative study of virulence factors among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Abstract Background Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is recognized worldwide as a leading cause of hospital and community infections. Biofilm formation by MRSA is an extremely important virulence factor to be understood. Our aim was to establish phenotypic and genotypic characteriz...

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Main Authors: Ons Haddad, Abderrahmen Merghni, Aida Elargoubi, Hajer Rhim, Yosr Kadri, Maha Mastouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3457-2