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Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusgenomes
1 Dec 2017
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Staphylococcus aureusis a versatile pathogen that is capable of causing infections in both humans and animals. It can cause furuncles, septicaemia, pneumonia and endocarditis. Adaptation ofS. aureusto the modern hospital environment has been facilitated, in part, by the horizontal acquisition of drug resistance genes, such asmecAgene that imparts resistance to methicillin. Horizontal acquisitions of islands of...
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