Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2005

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2008 Feb 9

PMID 18258126

Citations 33

Authors

Patrice Francois

Stephan Harbarth

Antoine Huyghe

Gesuele Renzi

Manuela Bento

Alain Gervaix

Didier Pittet

Jacques Schrenzel

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Abstract

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains different from those of an endemic healthcare-associated clone was conducted over 13 years in Geneva, Switzerland. We demonstrated strain diversity, including clones rarely found in Europe. Local epidemiology of community-associated MRSA is diverse and is evolving by importation and transmission of new strains.

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