The molecular epidemiology of the highly virulent ST93 Australian community Staphylococcus aureus strain.

The molecular epidemiology of the highly virulent ST93 Australian community Staphylococcus aureus strain.

In Australia the PVL-positive ST93-IV [2B], colloquially known as "Queensland CA-MRSA" has become the dominant CA-MRSA clone. First described in the early 2000s, ST93-IV [2B] is associated with skin and severe invasive infections including necrotizing pneumonia. A singleton by multilocus s...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey W Coombs, Richard V Goering, Kyra Y L Chua, Stefan Monecke, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Ralf Ehricht, Frances G O'Brien, Keryn J Christiansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3416834?pdf=render

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