Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana

Background The emergence and evolution of community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains in Africa is poorly understood. However, one particular MRSA lineage called ST88, appears to be rapidly establishing itself as an “African” CA-MRSA clone. In this study, we empl...

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Principais autores:	Grace Kpeli, Andrew H. Buultjens, Stefano Giulieri, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku, Samuel Y. Aboagye, Sarah L. Baines, Torsten Seemann, Dieter Bulach, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Ian R. Monk, Benjamin P. Howden, Gerd Pluschke, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Timothy Stinear
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	PeerJ Inc. 2017-02-01
Series:	PeerJ
Assuntos:	Staphylococcus aureus Whole genome sequencing MRSA ST88 Comparative genomics Phylogeography
Acceso en liña:	https://peerj.com/articles/3047.pdf
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