Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398, New York and New Jersey, USA

José R. Mediavilla, Liang Chen, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Blake M. Hanson, Marnie Rosenthal, Kathryn Stanak, Brian Koll, Bettina C. Fries, Donna Armellino, Mary Ellen Schilling, Don Weiss, Tara C. Smith, Franklin D. Lowy, and Barry N. Kreiswirth

Author affiliations: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA (J.R. Mediavilla, L. Chen, B.N. Kreiswirth); Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (A.-C. Uhlemann, F.D. Lowy); University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (B.M. Hanson, T.C. Smith); Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA (M. Rosenthal); Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (K. Stanak, B. Koll); Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA (B.C. Fries); North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA (D. Armellino, M.E. Schilling); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York (D. Weiss)

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A) Schematic representation of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex (CC) 398, generated by eBURST version 3 from the S. aureus multilocus sequence typing database (http://saureus.mlst.net) as of September 2011. Subgroup founders sequence type (ST) 398 (3–35–19–2–20–26–39) and ST291 (3–37–19–2–20–26–32) are double locus variants, despite the depiction of intervening STs ST804 (3–35–19–2–20–26–2) and ST813 (3–37–19–2–20–26–2). Subgroup founders are denoted in larger font. B) spa clonal complex (sp

Figure A1. A) Schematic representation of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex (CC) 398, generated by eBURST version 3 from the S. aureus multilocus sequence typing database (http://saureus.mlst.net) as of September 2011. Subgroup founders sequence type (ST) 398 (3–35–19–2–20–26–39) and ST291 (3–37–19–2–20–26–32) are double locus variants, despite the depiction of intervening STs ST804 (3–35–19–2–20–26–2) and ST813 (3–37–19–2–20–26–2). Subgroup founders are denoted in larger font. B) spa clonal complex (spa-CC) t571, generated by using the integrated BURP (based upon repeat patterns) algorithm in Ridom StaphType software, version 1.5 (www.ridom.de/staphtype). ST398-associated spa types (t034, t571, t1451) and ST291-associated spa types (t937, t1149, t2313, t2993) described in the article cluster separately as in panel A. Subgroup founders are denoted in larger font.

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