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SUBMITTER: McCarthy AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3295112 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCarthy Alex J AJ Breathnach Aodhan S AS Lindsay Jodi A JA
Journal of clinical microbiology 20111214 3
Whole-genome analysis by 62-strain microarray showed variation in resistance and virulence genes on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) between 40 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain CC22-SCCmecIV but also showed (i) detection of two previously unrecognized MRSA transmission events and (ii) that 7/8 patients were infected with a variant of their own colonizing isolate. ...[more]