Population genetics and the evolution of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 554-562

  Chua, Kyra Y L ^a,c   Howden, Benjamin P ^a,b,c   Jiang, Jhih Hang ^b   Stinear, Timothy ^a   Peleg, Anton Y ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant S. aureus; Molecular epidemiology; Multi locus sequence typing; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84893760026     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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