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Report of the 13th vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Limbago Brandi M, Kallen Alexander J, Zhu Wenming, Eggers Paula, McDougal Linda K, Albrecht Valerie S
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Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), an important multidrug-resistant organism of public health concern, has been infrequently identified in the United States since 2002. All previous VRSA isolates belonged to clonal complex 5, a lineage associated primarily with health care. This report describes the most recent (13th) U.S. VRSA isolate, the first to be community associated.
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