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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2006, p. 1881-1883, Vol. 44, No. 5
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1881-1883.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Occurrence of the Enterotoxin Gene Cluster and the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Related to Clonal Type and agr Group

Vassiliki Chini, George Dimitracopoulos, and Iris Spiliopoulou*

Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Received 25 November 2005/ Returned for modification 28 January 2006/ Accepted 28 February 2006

Analysis of 177 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains for the presence of egc and tst revealed that 60 strains carried at least one of the tested genes. MRSA strains were classified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis into four clones belonging to agr groups I and III. Toxin genotypes were related by clonal type and agr group.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion 26500, Patras, Greece. Phone: 30 2610 993978. Fax: 30 2610 994922. E-mail: spiliopl{at}med.upatras.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2006, p. 1881-1883, Vol. 44, No. 5
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1881-1883.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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