Origin, evolution, and global transmission of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus ST8.
Strauß L, Stegger M, Akpaka PE, Alabi A, Breurec S, Coombs G, Egyir B, Larsen AR, Laurent F, Monecke S, Peters G, Skov R, Strommenger B, Vandenesch F, Schaumburg F, Mellmann A.
Strauß L, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 5;114(49):E10596-E10604. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702472114. Epub 2017 Nov 20.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.
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From here, ST8 was exported to North America in the early 20th century and progressively acquired the USA300 characteristics Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), SCCmec IVa, the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME), and a specific mutation in capsular polysaccharide gene …
From here, ST8 was exported to North America in the early 20th century and progressively acquired the USA300 characteristics Panton-Valentin …