title: Improved understanding of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a regional burns centre via whole-genome sequencing.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: mark.garvey@uhb.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pichon
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Moiemen
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, UK.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kearns
mesh_terms: D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology