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SUBMITTER: Meumann EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5359412 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meumann Ella M EM Andersson Patiyan P Yeaman Fiona F Oldfield Sarah S Lilliebridge Rachael R Bentley Stephen D SD Krause Vicki V Beaman Miles M Currie Bart J BJ Holt Deborah C DC Giffard Philip M PM Tong Steven Y C SYC
Microbial genomics 20161212 12
We report two cases of severe pneumonia due to clone ST93 methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) presenting from a remote Australian Indigenous community within a 2-week period, and the utilization of whole genome sequences to determine whether these were part of an outbreak. <i>S. aureus</i> was isolated from 12 of 92 nasal swabs collected from 25 community households (including the two index households); one isolate was ST93. Three of five skin lesion <i>S. aureus</i> isolat ...[more]