Local Persistence of Novel MRSA Lineage after Hospital Ward Outbreak, Cambridge, UK, 2011-2013

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):1658-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2209.151100. Epub 2016 Sep 15.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteria; Cambridge; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; United Kingdom; infection control; nosocomial; staphylococci.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / history
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology