Multi-lineage emergence of USA300 MRSA in in Chile and a potential role for environmental copper resistance
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is prevalent worldwide, but individual strains of MRSA tend to spread and expand in relatively confined geographic areas. The USA300 lineage of MRSA is most well-known for its rapid epidemic spread in North America during the first decade of the 2000's leading to an overall increase in serious skin infections and the emergence of methicillin resistance in…
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