Emergence of Sequence Type 398 as a Community- and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Northern Manhattan

作者：Uhlemann Anne Catrin^*; Hafer Cory; Miko Benjamin A; Sowash Madeleine G; Sullivan Sean B; Shu Qiuhu; Lowy Franklin D

来源：Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013, 57(5): 700-703.

DOI：10.1093/cid/cit375

• S. aureus
• MSSA
• CC398
• human ST398
• case-control study

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.

• 出版日期2013-9-1