Range Expansion and the Origin of USA300 North American Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Staphylococcus aureus</italic>

Range Expansion and the Origin of USA300 North American Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Staphylococcus aureus</italic>

ABSTRACT The USA300 North American epidemic (USA300-NAE) clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has caused a wave of severe skin and soft tissue infections in the United States since it emerged in the early 2000s, but its geographic origin is obscure. Here we use the population genomic...

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Main Authors: Lavanya Challagundla, Xiao Luo, Isabella A. Tickler, Xavier Didelot, David C. Coleman, Anna C. Shore, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Daniel O. Sordelli, Eric L. Brown, Robert Skov, Anders Rhod Larsen, Jinnethe Reyes, Iraida E. Robledo, Guillermo J. Vazquez, Raul Rivera, Paul D. Fey, Kurt Stevenson, Shu-Hua Wang, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Jose R. Mediavilla, Cesar A. Arias, Paul J. Planet, Rathel L. Nolan, Fred C. Tenover, Richard V. Goering, D. Ashley Robinson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
Subjects:
epidemics
fluoroquinolones
founder effects
genetic drift
population genetics
range expansion
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7f218b46d58048afa74e73d06b978a9f
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