Prevalence and genetic characteristics of Staphylococcus capitis proto-NRCS-A clone among colonizing isolates from healthy individuals in Japan

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Mina Hirose · Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Meiji Soe Aung · Sapporo Medical University

Yukito Hirose · Japan University of Health Sciences

Yasuhiro Nakanishi · Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Taisei Kato · Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Akihiro Ichimura · Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Yoshihito Kurashige

Abstract

The present study revealed that SCCmec-negative S. capitis with nsr/tarJ (proto-NRCS-A clone) is distributed at low prevalence to healthy individuals in Japan. These isolates belonged to arcC-rpoB lineages close to that of the NRCS-A clone.

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Ocular Infections and Treatments

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Published in: Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 103071-103071

DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.103071

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Prevalence and genetic characteristics of Staphylococcus capitis proto-NRCS-A clone among colonizing isolates from healthy individuals in Japan

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