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Population structure of a hybrid clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ST239-MRSA-III.
PloS one - 5 Jan 2010
Smyth Davida S, McDougal Linda K, Gran Frode W, Manoharan Anand, Enright Mark C, Song Jae-Hoon, de Lencastre Herminia, Robinson D Ashley
Abstract excerpt
The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal group known as ST239-MRSA-III is notable for its hybrid origin and for causing sustained hospital epidemics worldwide since the late 1970s. We studied the population structure of this MRSA clonal group using a sample of 111 isolates th...
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