Evolutionary dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a healthcare system

• Main Authors: Hsu, L.-Y, Harris, S.R, Chlebowicz, M.A, Lindsay, J.A, Koh, T.-H, Krishnan, P, Tan, T.-Y, Hon, P.-Y, Grubb, W.B, Bentley, S.D, Parkhill, J, Peacock, S.J, Holden, M.T.G
• Other Authors: SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: clindamycin; cotrimoxazole; erythromycin; gentamicin; quinoline derived antiinfective agent; tetracycline; bacterial DNA; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic sensitivity; Article; bacterial colonization; bacterial transmission; controlled study; evolutionary homology; gene sequence; genetic association; genetic variability; health care system; incidence; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; nonhuman; phylogenetic tree; phylogeny; population structure; prevalence; Singapore; single nucleotide polymorphism; species dominance; bacterial genome; Bayes theorem; cross infection; DNA sequence; gene library; gene locus; genetics; hospital; human; isolation and purification; microbiology; molecular cloning; molecular evolution; phylogeography; population genetics; Bayes Theorem; Cloning, Molecular; Cross Infection; DNA, Bacterial; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Library; Genetic Loci; Genetics, Population; Genome, Bacterial; Hospitals; Humans; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183763
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s13059-015-0643-z