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The recent emergence in hospitals of multidrug-resistant community-associated sequence type 1 and spa type t127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus investigated by whole-genome sequencing: Implications for screening.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Earls Megan R, Kinnevey Peter M, Brennan Gráinne I, Lazaris Alexandros, Skally Mairead, O'Connell Brian, Humphreys Hilary, Shore Anna C, Coleman David C
Abstract excerpt
Community-associated spa type t127/t922 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalence increased from 1%-7% in Ireland between 2010-2015. This study tracked the spread of 89 such isolates from June 2013-June 2016. These included 78 healthcare-associated and 11 community associated-MRSA isolates from a prolonged hospital outbreak (H1) (n = 46), 16 other hospitals (n = 28), four other healthcare...
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