Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of an Emerging Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive ST5 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone in Northern Australia
Journal article published in 2021 by
Sarah L. McGuinness 
,
Deborah C. Holt ,
Tegan M. Harris ,
Connor Wright,
Rob Baird,
Phillip M. Giffard,
Asha C. Bowen,
Steven Y. C. Tong
,
Deborah C. Holt ,
Tegan M. Harris ,
Connor Wright,
Rob Baird,
Phillip M. Giffard,
Asha C. Bowen,
Steven Y. C. Tong
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Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. In the past 2 decades, an epidemic of community-associated skin and soft tissue infections has been driven by S. aureus strains with specific virulence factors and resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.