Origin and Evolution of European Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized in Europe and worldwide in the late 1990s. Within a decade, several genetically and geographically distinct CA-MRSA lineages carrying the small SCCmec type IV and V genetic elements and the Panton-Valentine leuko...

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Main Authors: Stegger, Marc, Wirth, Thierry, Andersen, Paal S., Skov, Robert L., De Grassi, Anna, Simões, Patricia Martins, Tristan, Anne, Petersen, Andreas, Aziz, Maliha, Kiil, Kristoffer, Cirković, Ivana, Udo, Edet E., del Campo, Rosa, Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana, Ahmad, Norazah, Tokajian, Sima, Peters, Georg, Schaumburg, Frieder, Olsson-Liljequist, Barbro, Givskov, Michael, Driebe, Elizabeth E., Vigh, Henrik E., Shittu, Adebayo, Ramdani-Bougessa, Nadjia, Rasigade, Jean-Philippe, Price, Lance B., Vandenesch, Francois, Larsen, Anders R., Laurent, Frederic
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173770/