title: Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus argenteus infections in Thailand.
abstract: Molecular typing of 246 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from unselected patients in Thailand showed that 10 (4.1%) were actually Staphylococcus argenteus. Contrary to the suggestion that S. argenteus is less virulent than S. aureus, we demonstrated comparable rates of morbidity, death, and health care-associated infection in patients infected with either of these two species.
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand janjira@tropmedres.ac.
authors.forename: Janjira
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thaipadungpanit
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Premjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amornchai
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Emma K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Gumphol
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wongsuvan
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Vanaporn
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wuthiekanun
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Department of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Direk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Limmathurotsakul
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult