Improved Subtyping of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 8 Strains Based on Whole-Genome Phylogenetic Analysis

Improved Subtyping of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 8 Strains Based on Whole-Genome Phylogenetic Analysis

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen worldwide in both community and health care settings. Surveillance for S. aureus strains is important to our understanding of their spread and to informing infection prevention and control. Confusion surrounding the strain nomenclature of one of the mo...

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Main Authors: Jolene R. Bowers, Elizabeth M. Driebe, Valerie Albrecht, Linda K. McDougal, Mitchell Granade, Chandler C. Roe, Darrin Lemmer, J. Kamile Rasheed, David M. Engelthaler, Paul Keim, Brandi M. Limbago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-05-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
CC8
MRSA
MSSA
phylogeny
Staphylococcus aureus
strain typing
assay development
whole genome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00464-17

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00464-17

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