A Sporadic Four-Year Hospital Outbreak of a ST97-IVa MRSA With Half of the Patients First Identified in the Community

A Sporadic Four-Year Hospital Outbreak of a ST97-IVa MRSA With Half of the Patients First Identified in the Community

This study describes a sporadically occurring 4-year outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) originating from a surgical ward. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) identified the outbreak clone as spa type t267, sequence type ST97, and SCCmec IVa. Prompted by the finding of four pati...

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Main Authors: Ingrid M. Rubin, Thomas A. Hansen, Anne Mette Klingenberg, Andreas M. Petersen, Peder Worning, Henrik Westh, Mette D. Bartels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
WGS
outbreak
CO-MRSA
ST97
HCWs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01494/full

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