Polyclonal Staphylococcal Endocarditis Caused by Genetic Variability
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (1) , 24-30
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313915
Abstract
Cultures of blood obtained from a patient with Staphylococcus epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis yielded 15 strains of S. epidermidis. GenomeKeywords
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