Emergence and molecular characterization of clonal complex 398 (CC398) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New Zealand

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 May;69(5):1428-30. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt499. Epub 2013 Dec 22.

Authors

Deborah A Williamson¹, Sarah Bakker, Geoffrey W Coombs, Hui leen Tan, Stefan Monecke, Helen Heffernan

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

PMID: 24366685
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt499

No abstract available

Keywords: infectious diseases epidemiology; staphylococcal infections; zoonoses.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing*
New Zealand / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Virulence Factors / genetics
Zoonoses / epidemiology*
Zoonoses / microbiology*

Substances

Virulence Factors