Demography and Intercontinental Spread of the USA300 Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage

Demography and Intercontinental Spread of the USA300 Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized worldwide during the 1990s; in less than a decade, several genetically distinct CA-MRSA lineages carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes have emerged on every continent. Most notably, in the United States, the...

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Main Authors: Philippe Glaser, Patrícia Martins-Simíões, Adrien Villain, Maxime Barbier, Anne Tristan, Christiane Bouchier, Laurence Ma, Michele Bes, Frederic Laurent, Didier Guillemot, Thierry Wirth, Francois Vandenesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-02-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/1/e02183-15

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