Nasal Carriage of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 (EMRSA-15) Clone Observed in Three Chicago-Area Long-Term Care Facilities | Zendy

Sanchita Das | Zendy; Christopher J. Anderson | Zendy; Althea Grayes | Zendy; Katherine Mendoza | Zendy; Maureen Harazin | Zendy; Donna Schora | Zendy; Lance R. Peterson | Zendy

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Nasal Carriage of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 (EMRSA-15) Clone Observed in Three Chicago-Area Long-Term Care Facilities

Author(s) -

Sanchita Das,

Christopher J. Anderson,

Althea Grayes,

Katherine Mendoza,

Maureen Harazin,

Donna Schora,

Lance R. Peterson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.00528-13

Subject(s) - carriage , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , pandemic , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , clone (java method) , meticillin , staphylococcal infections , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , cluster (spacecraft) , biology , virology , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , bacteria , disease , genetics , pathology , dna , computer science , programming language

The spread of pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones such as USA300 and EMRSA-15 is a global health concern. As a part of a surveillance study of three long-term care facilities in the Greater Chicago area, phenotypic and molecular characterization of nasal MRSA isolates was performed. We report a cluster of pandemic EMRSA-15, an MRSA clone rarely reported from the United States, detected during this study.

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