Molecular epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: 2004-12 | Zendy

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Molecular epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: 2004-12

Author(s) -

Ana Vindel,

P. Trincado,

Óscar Cuevas,

Cristina Ballesteros,

Emilio Bouza,

Emilia Cercenado

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku232

Subject(s) - clindamycin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , sccmec , staphylococcus aureus , fusidic acid , population , tetracycline , ciprofloxacin , biology , medicine , antibiotics , genotype , genetics , bacteria , environmental health , gene

In Spain, despite the high rates of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the incidence of community-associated (CA) MRSA seems to be low on the basis of a small number of studies. We analysed the evolution of CA-MRSA in Spain from 2004 to 2012, and identified the clonal lineages and population structure.

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