Comparative genomics and drug resistance of a geographic variant of ST239 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus emerged in Russia.

Comparative genomics and drug resistance of a geographic variant of ST239 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus emerged in Russia.

Two distinct classes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are spreading in hospitals (as hospital-acquired MRSA, HA-MRSA) and in the community (as community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA). Multilocus sequence type (ST) 239 MRSA, one of the most worldwide-disseminated lineages, has been not...

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Main Authors: Tatsuo Yamamoto, Tomomi Takano, Wataru Higuchi, Yasuhisa Iwao, Olga Singur, Ivan Reva, Yuta Otsuka, Toru Nakayashiki, Hirotada Mori, Galina Reva, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Vladimir Potapov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261861?pdf=render

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