Use of a single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping system to demonstrate the unique epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in remote aboriginal communities.

Abstract excerpt

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has emerged as a major public health problem in Australia, as in many other parts of the world. High rates of CA-MRSA skin and soft tissue infection have been reported from Aboriginal communities. We used a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping typing system based on the multilocus sequence type (MLST) database to investigate the...

Topics

• Australia
• Bacterial Typing Techniques
• Biological Evolution
• Genotype
• Humans
• Methicillin Resistance
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Pyoderma
• Staphylococcal Infections