Potential Associations between Severity of Infection and the Presence of Virulence-Associated Genes in Clinical Strains of Staphylococcus aureus

• Steven R. Gill ,

  * E-mail: steven_gill@urmc.rochester.edu

  Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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• Lauren M. McIntyre,

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Charlotte L. Nelson,

  Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Brian Remortel,

  Current address: Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Tom Rude,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• L. Barth Reller,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Vance G. Fowler Jr.

  Affiliations Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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