Data on whole-genome sequencing are insufficient to rule out patient-to-patient transmission as a significant source of Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in an intensive care unit.
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine.
John P
JP
Mills
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Darren R
DR
Linkin
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*