Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Clade Associated with Human-to-Human Transmission

  • AJ McCarthy
  • , Willem van Wamel
  • , S Vandendriessche
  • , J Larsen
  • , O Denis
  • , C Garcia-Graells
  • , AC Uhlemann
  • , FD Lowy
  • , R Skov
  • , JA Lindsay

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Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398 (CC398) isolates colonize livestock and can spread to human contacts. Genetic analysis of isolates epidemiologically associated with human-to-human, but not livestock, transmission in multiple countries and continents identified a common clade that was negative for tet(M) and positive for bacteriophage phi 3. Another group of human-to- human-transmitted isolates belonged to the common livestock-associated clade but had acquired a unique phi 7 bacteriophage.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)8845-8848
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Environmental Microbiology
Volume78
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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