Emergence of sequence type 398 as a community- and healthcare-associated methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus in northern Manhattan.

Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin; Hafer, Cory; Miko, Benjamin A; Sowash, Madeleine G; Sullivan, Sean B; Shu, Qiuhu; Lowy, Franklin D · Clin Infect Dis · 2013

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

The methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) clone sequence type (ST) 398 has increasingly been identified as a pathogen in diverse geographic settings, yet its epidemiology remains incompletely understood. In this case-control study of MSSA infections, we identified ST398 MSSA as both a major community- and hospital-associated MSSA pathogen in the Dominican neighborhood of northern Manhattan.

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