A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Monecke, Stefan; W. Coombs, Geoffrey; C. Shore, Anna; C. Coleman, David; Eberechi Akpaka, Patrick; Borg, Michael; P. H. Chow, Henry; Ip, Margaret; Jatzwauk, Lutz; E Jonas, Daniel; Kadlec, Kristina; Kearns, Angela; Laurent, Frédéric; O’Brien, Frances; Pearson, Julie; Ruppelt, Antje; Schwarz, Štefan; Scicluna, Elizabeth; Slickers, Peter; Tan, Hui-Leen; Weber, Stefan; Ehricht, Ralf

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017936

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A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published in PLoS ONE • Apr 6, 2011

Authors:

Stefan Monecke

Geoffrey W. Coombs

Anna C. Shore

Abstract

In recent years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become a truly global challenge. In addition to the long-known healthcare-associated clones, novel strains have also emerged outside of the hospital settings, in the community as well as in livestock. The emergence and spread o...

Subject

Multilocus sequence typing

SCCmec

Biology

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