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The identification of factors contributing to the T-cell toxicity of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates.

Collins J, Buckling A, Massey RC

Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK; Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.

We examined the ability of 206 clinical isolates of S. aureus to lyse T cells and found differences between Agr groups; that the beta and delta haemolysins are involved and that MRSA strains are less toxic than MSSA strains.

Published 17 April 2008 in J Clin Microbiol.
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