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Emergence of new CMRSA7/USA400 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa types in Alberta, Canada, from 2005 to 2012.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2014
Li Vincent, Chui Linda, Simmonds Kimberley, Nguyen Thuha, Golding George R, Yacoub Wadieh, Ferrato Christina, Louie Marie
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become one of the most significant pathogens affecting global public health and health care systems. In Canada and the United States, the spread of MRSA is primarily attributed to a single dominant epidemic clone: CMRSA10/USA300. Despite this, the CMRSA7/USA400 epidemic clone has been reported to be the predominate epidemic clone in several Canadian provinces...
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