Emergence of a novel subpopulation of CC398 Staphylococcus aureus infecting animals is a serious hazard for humans

Emergence of a novel subpopulation of CC398 Staphylococcus aureus infecting animals is a serious hazard for humans

Until recently, Staphylococcus aureus from clonal complex (CC)398 were mostly described as colonizing asymptomatic raised pigs and pig-farmers. Currently, the epidemiology of the CC398 lineage is becoming more complex. CC398 human-adapted isolates are increasingly being identified in bloodstream inf...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Laure Van Der Mee-Marquet, Anna eCorvaglia, Marisa eHaenni, Xavier eBertrand, Jean-Baptiste eFranck, Jan eKluytmans, Myriam eGirard, Roland eQuentin, Patrice eFrancois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Lysogeny
Bacteriophage
virulence factor
genome plasticity
genome content
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00652/full

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