Genetic shifts in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clones and toxin gene profiles in Japan: comparative analysis among pre-epidemic, epidemic and post-epidemic phases.

CONCLUSIONS: Over time, a transition in MRSA genetic profiles from a POT1 score of 93 in 1990 and 2004 to 106 in 2014 was found in Japan. PMID: 29458554 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - February 2, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Osaka S, Okuzumi K, Koide S, Tamai K, Sato T, Tanimoto K, Tomita H, Suzuki M, Nagano Y, Shibayama K, Arakawa Y, Nagano N Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research