Comparative Genomics and Drug Resistance of a Geographic Variant of ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Emerged in Russia

Tatsuo Yamamoto; Tomomi Takano; Wataru Higuchi; Yasuhisa Iwao; Olga Singur; Ivan Reva; Yuta Otsuka; Toru Nakayashiki; Hirotada Mori; Galina Reva; Vladimir Kuznetsov; Vladimir Potapov

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029187

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Comparative Genomics and Drug Resistance of a Geographic Variant of ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Emerged in Russia

Tatsuo Yamamoto ,

* E-mail: tatsuoy@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Tomomi Takano,

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Wataru Higuchi,

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Yasuhisa Iwao,

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Olga Singur,

Affiliations Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia
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Ivan Reva,

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Yuta Otsuka,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Toru Nakayashiki,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Hirotada Mori,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Galina Reva,

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia
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Vladimir Kuznetsov,

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia
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Vladimir Potapov

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia
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Comparative Genomics and Drug Resistance of a Geographic Variant of ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Emerged in Russia

Tatsuo Yamamoto,
Tomomi Takano,
Wataru Higuchi,
Yasuhisa Iwao,
Olga Singur,
Ivan Reva,
Yuta Otsuka,
Toru Nakayashiki,
Hirotada Mori,
Galina Reva

Published: January 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029187

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