Ward-specific clustering of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa-type t037 and t045 in two hospitals in South Africa: 2013 to 2017

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a highly clonal pathogen causing infections in various settings. The aim of this study was to determine if healthcare-associated (HA) MRSA isolates with the same spa-type originating from two geographically distinct hospitals in South Africa were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0253883-e0253883
Hauptverfasser:	Strasheim, Wilhelmina, Perovic, Olga, Singh-Moodley, Ashika, Kwanda, Stanford, Ismail, Arshad, Lowe, Michelle
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antimicrobial agents Antimicrobial resistance Biology and life sciences Chromosomes Clustering Drug resistance Drug resistance in microorganisms Electrophoresis Epidemics Evaluation Gel electrophoresis Gene sequencing Genetic aspects Genomes Health aspects Health care Health sciences Hospitals Infections Infectious diseases Laboratories Medicine and health sciences Methicillin Nucleotides Pathogens Patients Pediatrics Public health Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis Research and Analysis Methods Single-nucleotide polymorphism Spas Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus infections Staphylococcus infections Surveillance Whole genome sequencing
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