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Monitoring meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its spread in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013, through routine whole genome sequencing.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 30 Apr 2015
Bartels M D, Larner-Svensson H, Meiniche H, Kristoffersen K, Schonning K, Nielsen J B, Rohde S M, Christensen L B, Skibsted A W, Jarlov J O, Johansen H K, Andersen L P, Petersen I S, Crook D W, Bowden R, Boye K, Worning P, Westh H
Abstract excerpt
Typing of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by whole genome sequencing (WGS) is performed routinely in Copenhagen since January 2013. We describe the relatedness, based on WGS data and epidemiological data, of 341 MRSA isolates. These comprised all MRSA (n = 300) identified in Copenhagen in the first five months of 2013. Moreover, because MRSA of staphylococcal protein A (spa)-type 304 (t304),...
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