A field guide to pandemic, epidemic and sporadic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

In recent years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become a truly global challenge. In addition to the long-known healthcare-associated clones, novel strains have also emerged outside of the hospital settings, in the community as well as in livestock. The emergence and spread o...

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Main Authors: Stefan Monecke, Geoffrey Coombs, Anna C Shore, David C Coleman, Patrick Akpaka, Michael Borg, Henry Chow, Margaret Ip, Lutz Jatzwauk, Daniel Jonas, Kristina Kadlec, Angela Kearns, Frederic Laurent, Frances G O'Brien, Julie Pearson, Antje Ruppelt, Stefan Schwarz, Elizabeth Scicluna, Peter Slickers, Hui-Leen Tan, Stefan Weber, Ralf Ehricht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21494333/pdf/?tool=EBI