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2374. Genomic Characteristics of Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft-Tissue Infection Among US Army Trainees

BACKGROUND: Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTI) are common among military recruits, and some experience recurrent SSTI (two infections ≥30 days apart) during training. We used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to assess the relatedness of strains from recurrent S. aureus SSTI cases and their close co...

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Autores principales: Verratti, Kathleen, Player, Robert, Wood, Shannon, Schlett, Carey, Elassal, Emad, Forsyth, Ellen, Ellis, Michael, Tribble, David R, Millar, Eugene, Bennett, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255060/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.2027