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Drivers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineage replacement in China.
Genome medicine - 28 Oct 2021
Chen Hongbin, Yin Yuyao, van Dorp Lucy, Shaw Liam P, Gao Hua, Acman Mislav, Yuan Jizhen, Chen Fengning, Sun Shijun, Wang Xiaojuan, Li Shuguang, Zhang Yawei, Farrer Rhys A, Wang Hui, Balloux Francois
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BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen subdivided into lineages termed sequence types (STs). Since the 1950s, successive waves of STs have appeared and replaced previously dominant lineages. One such event has been occurring in China since 2013, with community-associated (CA-MRSA) strains including ST59 largely replacing the previously dominant...
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