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SUBMITTER: Takano T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3623301 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takano Tomomi T Hung Wei-Chun WC Shibuya Michiko M Higuchi Wataru W Iwao Yasuhisa Y Nishiyama Akihito A Reva Ivan I Khokhlova Olga E OE Yabe Shizuka S Ozaki Kyoko K Takano Misao M Yamamoto Tatsuo T
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20130114 4
The ST5 lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most globally disseminated hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) lineages. We isolated a new local variant (designated ST764) over at least 5 years that causes invasive infections, including necrotizing fasciitis, and is carried by medical students, as well as household members. Analysis of the genome sequence of one isolate compared to that of the reference ST5 strain revealed that ST764 had acquired virulence trai ...[more]