Multiple introductions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST612 into Western Australia associated with both human and equine reservoirs.

Multiple introductions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST612 into Western Australia associated with both human and equine reservoirs.

Staphylococcus aureus is a serious human and animal pathogen. Multilocus sequence type 612 (ST612) is the dominant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clone in certain South African hospitals and is sporadically isolated from horses and horse-associated veterinarians in Australia. Colonization an...

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Main Authors: Murphy, Riley, Ramsay, Josh, Lee, Y., Pang, S., O'Dea, M., Pearson, J., Axon, J., Raby, E., Abdulgader, S., Whitelaw, A., Coombs, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
bacteremia
equine
molecular epidemiology
zoonosis
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT170100235
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76269

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT170100235
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76269

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