Emergent and evolving antimicrobial resistance cassettes in community-associated fusidic acid and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

•Resistance to fusidic acid rose among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during the 2000s.•Combined surveillance data and whole-genome sequencing analysis dissected changes in the epidemiology of MRSA.•Fusidic acid resistance emerged fastest in the community, where it was used the mo...

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Main Authors: Ellington, Matthew J., Reuter, Sandra, Harris, Simon R., Holden, Matthew T.G., Cartwright, Edward J., Greaves, Daniel, Gerver, Sarah M., Hope, Russell, Brown, Nicholas M., Török, M. Estee, Parkhill, Julian, Köser, Claudio U., Peacock, Sharon J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science Publishers 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4415905/