Abstract
Whole-genome analysis by 62-strain microarray showed variation in resistance and virulence genes on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) between 40 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain CC22-SCCmecIV but also showed (i) detection of two previously unrecognized MRSA transmission events and (ii) that 7/8 patients were infected with a variant of their own colonizing isolate.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Carrier State / microbiology*
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Genetic Variation*
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Genome, Bacterial
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Genotype
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Hospitals
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Humans
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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity
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Microarray Analysis
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Molecular Typing
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Virulence Factors / genetics