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Whole genome SNP typing to investigate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a health-care provider as the source of multiple surgical site infections

BACKGROUND: Prevention of nosocomial transmission of infections is a central responsibility in the healthcare environment, and accurate identification of transmission events presents the first challenge. Phylogenetic analysis based on whole genome sequencing provides a high-resolution approach for a...

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Autores principales: Roe, Chandler C., Horn, Kimberly S., Driebe, Elizabeth M., Bowers, Jolene, Terriquez, Joel A., Keim, Paul, Engelthaler, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41065-016-0017-x