Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in New Zealand: Rapid Emergence of Sequence Type 5 (ST5)-SCCmec-IV as the Dominant Community-Associated MRSA Clone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Williamson, Deborah A ^a,b,c   Roberts, Sally A ^b   Ritchie, Stephen R ^a   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^d,e   Fraser, John D ^a   Heffernan, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876744744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062020     Document Type: Article

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