Geographic distribution of Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections in Europe: a molecular-epidemiological analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important human pathogens and methicillin-resistant variants (MRSAs) are a major cause of hospital and community-acquired infection. We aimed to map the geographic distribution of the dominant clones that cause invasive infectio...

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Main Authors: Hajo Grundmann, David M Aanensen, Cees C van den Wijngaard, Brian G Spratt, Dag Harmsen, Alexander W Friedrich, European Staphylococcal Reference Laboratory Working Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20084094/pdf/?tool=EBI