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Shuffling of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in successful healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA)
1 Sept 2012
Abstract excerpt
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CC22 SCCmecIV is a successful hospital-associated (HA-) MRSA, widespread throughout the world, and now the dominant clone in UK hospitals. We have recently shown that MRSA CC22 is a particularly fit clone, and it rose to dominance in a UK hospital at the same time as it began acquiring an increased range of antibiotic resistances. These resistances were not...
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