Open AccessComparison of an ST80 MRSA strain from the USA with European ST80 strains
Author(s) -
Ad C. Fluit,
Neeltje Carpaij,
Eline Majoor,
Robert A. Weinstein,
Alla Aroutcheva,
Thomas W. Rice,
M. J. M. Bonten,
Rob J. L. Willems
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/dku459
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , clone (java method) , sccmec , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
A number of community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) clonal lineages dominate worldwide. ST80 was dominant in Europe and has increasingly been described from the Middle East. Here we report the whole genome sequence of the first ST80 CA-MRSA from the USA.
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