Whole-genome sequencing reveals the contribution of long-term carriers in staphylococcus aureus outbreak investigation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2188-2191

  Gordon, N C ^a,b   Pichon, B ^c   Golubchik, T ^a,b   Wilson, D J ^a,b   Paul, J ^d   Blanc, D S ^e   Cole, K ^d   Collins, J ^f   Cortes, N ^g   Cubbon, M ^h   Gould, F K ^f   Jenks, P J ⁱ   Llewelyn, M ^g,j   Nash, J Q ^k   Orendi, J M ^l   Paranthaman, K ^c   Price, J R ^d   Senn, L ^e   Thomas, H L ^c   Wyllie, S ^h   Crook, D W ^a,b,c,m   Peto, T E A ^a,b,m   Walker, A S ^a,b,m   Kearns, A M ^c   more..

^a NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

MRSA; Outbreaks; Staphylococcus aureus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOST; HOST DIVERSITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85021283411     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00363-17     Document Type: Article

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