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. 2010 Oct;192(20):5556-7.
doi: 10.1128/JB.00878-10. Epub 2010 Aug 20.

Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a unique Australian clone of ST93-IV community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Kyra Chua  1 , Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, John K Davies, Scott J Coutts, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert Moore, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear
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Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a unique Australian clone of ST93-IV community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Kyra Chua et al. J Bacteriol. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (cMRSA) is an emerging issue that has resulted in multiple worldwide epidemics. We report the first complete genome sequence of an ST93-MRSA-IV clinical isolate that caused severe invasive infection and a familial outbreak of skin infection. This isolate is a representative of the most common Australian clone of cMRSA that is more distantly related to the previously sequenced genomes of S. aureus.

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