Comparative Genomics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Shows the Emergence of Clone ST8-USA300 in Geneva, Switzerland

Von Dach, Elodie; Diene, Seydina Mouhamadou; Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina Maria; Schrenzel, Jacques; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Francois, Patrice

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv489

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Comparative Genomics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Shows the Emergence of Clone ST8-USA300 in Geneva, Switzerland

ContributorsVon Dach, Elodie; Diene, Seydina Mouhamadou; Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina Maria; Schrenzel, Jacques; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Francois, Patrice

Published inThe Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 213, no. 9, p. 1370-1379

Publication date2016

Abstract

Previous investigations of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(CA-MRSA) isolates have revealed a wide diversity of genetic backgrounds, with only sporadic occurrence of ST8-USA300, in Geneva, Switzerland. We conducted a molecular epidemiologic analysis to identify the origin of a sudden increase of ST8 PVL-positive isolates in Geneva during 2013.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology/microbiology
DNA, Bacterial/analysis/genetics
Female
Genomics
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification/genetics
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology/microbiology
Switzerland/epidemiology
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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VON DACH, Elodie et al. Comparative Genomics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Shows the Emergence of Clone ST8-USA300 in Geneva, Switzerland. In: The Journal of infectious diseases, 2016, vol. 213, n° 9, p. 1370–1379. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv489

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PID : unige:87636
DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiv489
PMID : 26464204

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/213/9/1370.full.pdf+html

Journal ISSN0022-1899

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