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. 2008 Dec;46(12):4056-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01372-08. Epub 2008 Oct 15.

Long-term follow-up of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus molecular epidemiology after emergence of clone USA300 in San Francisco jail populations

Pierre Tattevin  1 , Binh An Diep, Michael Jula, Françoise Perdreau-Remington
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Long-term follow-up of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus molecular epidemiology after emergence of clone USA300 in San Francisco jail populations

Pierre Tattevin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

We performed a longitudinal analysis of 502 unique methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates originating from San Francisco jail inmates between 2000 and 2007. Strain USA300, first encountered in 2001, accounted for 82.1% (412/502) of MRSA infections. Non-USA300 MRSA strains were rarely found after 2005 (one isolate in 2006, three in 2007).

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Longitudinal dynamics of MSSA and MRSA clones in San Francisco jails from 2000 to 2007.
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