Genetic Pathway in Acquisition and Loss of Vancomycin Resistance in a Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strain of Clonal Type USA300

• Susana Gardete,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Choonkeun Kim,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Boris M. Hartmann,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Michael Mwangi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Christelle M. Roux,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Paul M. Dunman,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Henry F. Chambers,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Alexander Tomasz

  * E-mail: tomasz@mail.rockefeller.edu

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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