Unsuspected clonal spread of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bloodstream infections in hospitalized adults detected using whole genome sequencing.
Brooke M TalbotNatasia F JackoRobert A PetitDavid A PeguesMargot J ShumakerTimothy D ReadMichael Z DavidPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Multiple clusters of closely related MRSA isolates can be identified using WGS among strains cultured from BSI in two hospitals. Genomic clustering of these infections suggest that transmission resulted from a mix of community spread and healthcare exposures long before BSI diagnosis.