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. 1970 Nov;2(5):672–673. doi: 10.1128/iai.2.5.672-673.1970

Significance of Protein A Production by Staphylococci

Arne Forsgren 1
PMCID: PMC416067  PMID: 16557894

Abstract

Of 700 coagulase-positive staphylococcal strains isolated from humans, 692 (98.9%) produced protein A. Of 100 coagulase-negative strains, 2 were protein A-positive.

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