Genome Evolution of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Americas

Genome Evolution of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Americas

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus causes a variety of debilitating and life-threatening diseases, and thus remains a challenging global health threat. S. aureus is remarkably diverse, yet only a minority of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones have caused pandemic proportions of diseases. The...

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Main Authors: Joshua T. Smith, Elissa M. Eckhardt, Nicole B. Hansel, Tahmineh Rahmani Eliato, Isabella W. Martin, Cheryl P. Andam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
bloodstream infection
invasive
genome evolution
methicillin resistance
MRSA
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00201-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00201-22

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