title: Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in five major African towns: emergence and spread of atypical clones.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Biologie Médicale et Environnementale, Institut Pasteur, 36 avenue Pasteur, BP 220, Dakar, Senegal. sbreurec@pasteur.sn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breurec
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Zriouil
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boisier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brisse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djibo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fonkoua
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Perrier-Gros-Claude
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pouillot
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ramarokoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Randrianirina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tall
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thiberge
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin