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November 28, 2025Journal of Infection and Public HealthOpen Access

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

Yukito Hirose Yasuhiro Nakanishi Akihiro Ichimura Yoshihito Kurashige Sayaka Sakakibara Erika Minowa-Suzuki Masato Saitoh Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya Nobuhide Ohashi

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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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synapsesocial.com/papers/69402fe82d562116f290548a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2025.103071

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