The Dominant Australian Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST93-IV [2B] Is Highly Virulent and Genetically Distinct

• Kyra Y. L. Chua,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Centre for Infection Research, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia

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• Torsten Seemann,

  Affiliation Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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• Paul F. Harrison,

  Affiliation Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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• Shaun Monagle,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia

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• Tony M. Korman,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia

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• Paul D. R. Johnson,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Centre for Infection Research, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia

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• Geoffrey W. Coombs,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

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• Brian O. Howden,

  Affiliation Microsurgical Consultants, Blackburn, Australia

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• John K. Davies,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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• Benjamin P. Howden ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear

  * E-mail: Benjamin.Howden@austin.org.au (BPH) (BH); tstinear@unimelb.edu.au (TPS) (TS)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Centre for Infection Research, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia

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• Timothy P. Stinear

  Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear

  * E-mail: Benjamin.Howden@austin.org.au (BPH) (BH); tstinear@unimelb.edu.au (TPS) (TS)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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