Improved understanding of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a regional burns centre via whole-genome sequencing

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Dec;94(4):401-404. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.09.013. Epub 2016 Sep 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Burn Units
  • Burns / complications*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Typing*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology