Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2011; 13(4):346-353
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST239 is one of the most common nosocomial genotypes worldwide. Typical MRSA ST239 strains do not produce toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), which is encoded by tst gene at staphylococcal …