Evolutionary dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a healthcare system

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hsu, Li Yang ^a,b   Harris, Simon R ^b   Chlebowicz, Monika A ^b,c   Lindsay, Jodi A ^d   Koh, Tse Hsien ^e   Krishnan, Prabha ^f   Tan, Thean Yen ^g   Hon, Pei Yun ^a   Grubb, Warren B ^h   Bentley, Stephen D ^b   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,i   Holden, Matthew T G ^b,j  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DOMINANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BAYES THEOREM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84939156743     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0643-z     Document Type: Article

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