Genetic Variation in Spatio-Temporal Confined USA300 Community-Associated MRSA Isolates: A Shift from Clonal Dispersion to Genetic Evolution?

• Neeltje Carpaij ,

  * E-mail: N.Carpaij-2@umcutrecht.nl

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Rob J. L. Willems,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Thomas W. Rice,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Robert A. Weinstein,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jason Hinds,

  Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Adam A. Witney,

  Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Jodi A. Lindsay,

  Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Marc J. M. Bonten,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Ad C. Fluit

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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