Journal article
Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain JKD6159, a Unique Australian Clone of ST93-IV Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kyra Chua, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, John K Davies, Scott J Coutts, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert Moore, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2010
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00878-10
Abstract
Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (cMRSA) is an emerging issue that has resulted in multiple worldwide epidemics. We report the first complete genome sequence of an ST93-MRSA-IV clinical isolate that caused severe invasive infection and a familial outbreak of skin infection. This isolate is a representative of the most common Australian clone of cMRSA that is more distantly related to the previously sequenced genomes of S. aureus.
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the CASS Foundation, and the Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation.