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. 2013 Sep;57(5):700-3.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit375. Epub 2013 May 31.

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

Anne-Catrin Uhlemann  1 , Cory Hafer, Benjamin A Miko, Madeleine G Sowash, Sean B Sullivan, Qiuhu Shu, Franklin D Lowy
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Emergence of sequence type 398 as a community- and healthcare-associated methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus in northern Manhattan

Anne-Catrin Uhlemann et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Sep.

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.

Keywords: CC398; MSSA; S. aureus; case-control study; human ST398.

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