Local Diversification of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 in South America After Its Rapid Worldwide Dissemination

Local Diversification of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 in South America After Its Rapid Worldwide Dissemination

The global spread of specific clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a major public health problem, and understanding the dynamics of geographical spread requires worldwide surveillance. Over the past 20 years, the ST239 lineage of MRSA has been recognized as an emer...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Nunes Botelho, Maiana Oliveira Cerqueira e Costa, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Cristiana Ossaille Beltrame, Fabienne Antunes Ferreira, Marina Farrel Côrtes, Bruno Souza Scramignon Costa, Deborah Nascimento Santos Silva, Paula Terra Bandeira, Nicholas Costa Barroso Lima, Rangel Celso Souza, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de Almeida, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos, Apurva Narechania, Chanelle Ryan, Kelsey O’Brien, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Paul J. Planet, Marisa Fabiana Nicolás, Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
ST239-SCCmecIII
Brazilian epidemic clone
Brazilian/Hungarian clone
comparative genomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00082/full

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