The recent emergence in hospitals of multidrug-resistant community-associated sequence type 1 and spa type t127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus investigated by whole-genome sequencing: Implications for screening

• Megan R. Earls,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Peter M. Kinnevey,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Gráinne I. Brennan,

  Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

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• Alexandros Lazaris,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Mairead Skally,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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• Brian O’Connell,

  Affiliations National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland, Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

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• Hilary Humphreys,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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• Anna C. Shore,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• David C. Coleman

  * E-mail: david.coleman@dental.tcd.ie

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1797-2888

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