Cousins, siblings, or copies: the genomics of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infections in chronic rhinosinusitis

BackgroundStaphylococcus aureus infection is known to play a role in recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, it is unknown if recurrent S. aureus infections are caused by the same strain or are due to independent acquisitions of different strains.MethodsSamples were collected from patien...

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Main Authors: Drilling, A., Coombs, Geoffrey, Tan, H., Pearson, J., Boase, S., Psaltis, A., Speck, P., Vreugde, S., Wormald, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46660