Whole genome sequence typing and microarray profiling of nasal and blood stream methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates: Clues to phylogeny and invasiveness

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 475-482

  Hamed, Mohamed ^a   Nitsche Schmitz, Daniel Patric ^b   Ruffing, Ulla ^c   Steglich, Matthias ^d   Dordel, Janina ^e   Nguyen, Duy ^a   Brink, Jan Hendrik ^c   Chhatwal, Gursharan Singh ^b   Herrmann, Mathias ^c   Nübel, Ulrich ^f   Helms, Volkhard ^a   von Müller, Lutz ^c,g  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^g Microbiology and Hygiene (LMH)   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Invasiveness; MRSA; Phylogeny; Staphylococcus aureus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; EBHB GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOTYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTEREMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84947023323     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.08.020     Document Type: Article

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