ST3268: a geographically widespread primate MRSA clone

Li-Yang Hsu^{1

2}, Matthew T G Holden³, Tse Hsien Koh⁴, Kerry A Pettigrew³, Delphine Cao⁴, Pei Yun Hon^{2

4}, Darvi M Sergio⁵, Edgar Pena⁵, Bryan E Ogden⁵

Affiliations

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Tahir Foundation Building, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
² Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Moulmein Road, Communicable Diseases Centre, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
³ School of Medicine, Medical & Biological Sciences, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, The Academia, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
⁵ SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, 20 College Road, The Academia, Singapore 169856, Singapore.

Comment

Li-Yang Hsu et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 1;72(8):2401-2403.

doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx120.

Li-Yang Hsu^{1

2}, Matthew T G Holden³, Tse Hsien Koh⁴, Kerry A Pettigrew³, Delphine Cao⁴, Pei Yun Hon^{2

4}, Darvi M Sergio⁵, Edgar Pena⁵, Bryan E Ogden⁵

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Tahir Foundation Building, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
² Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Moulmein Road, Communicable Diseases Centre, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
³ School of Medicine, Medical & Biological Sciences, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, The Academia, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
⁵ SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, 20 College Road, The Academia, Singapore 169856, Singapore.

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Transmission of MDR MRSA between primates, their environment and personnel at a United States primate centre.
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