MRSA spa t1081, a highly transmissible strain endemic to Hong Kong, China, in the Netherlands

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):1074-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141597.
No abstract available

Keywords: China; Hong Kong; MRSA; S. aureus protein A; bacteria; epidemiology; hospital; long-term care facility; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; spa t1081; spa typing; the Netherlands.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Hong Kong / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*