Whole-genome sequencing reveals widespread presence of Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A clone in neonatal units across the United Kingdom

Increased incidence of neonatal Staphylococcus capitis bacteraemia in summer 2020, London, raised suspicion of widespread multidrug-resistant clone NRCS-A. We set out to investigate the molecular epidemiology of this clone in neonatal units (NNUs) across the UK.

Source: Journal of Infection - June 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yu Wan, Mark Ganner, Zaynab Mumin, Derren Ready, Ginny Moore, Isabelle Potterill, Karthik Paranthaman, Elita Jauneikaite, Bharat Patel, Alessandra Harley, Maria Getino, UKHSA S. capitis Incident Management Team, Colin S. Brown, Alicia Demirjian, Bruno Pic Source Type: research