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Characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Fitness Centers in Memphis Metropolitan Area, USA

Nabanita Mukherjee, Irshad M. Sulaiman, View ORCID ProfilePratik Banerjee
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/061044
Nabanita Mukherjee
aDivision of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA
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Irshad M. Sulaiman
bSoutheast Regional Laboratory, Microbiological Sciences Branch, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, USA
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Pratik Banerjee
bSoutheast Regional Laboratory, Microbiological Sciences Branch, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, USA
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Abstract

Indoor skin-contact surfaces of public fitness centers may serve as reservoirs of potential human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We found a high prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR)-MRSA of CC59 lineage harboring a variety of extracellular toxin genes from surface swab samples collected from inanimate surfaces of fitness centers in Memphis metropolitan area, USA. Our findings underscore the role of inanimate surfaces as potential sources of transmission of MDR-MRSA strains with considerable genetic diversity.

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Characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Fitness Centers in Memphis Metropolitan Area, USA
Nabanita Mukherjee, Irshad M. Sulaiman, Pratik Banerjee
bioRxiv 061044; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/061044
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Characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Fitness Centers in Memphis Metropolitan Area, USA
Nabanita Mukherjee, Irshad M. Sulaiman, Pratik Banerjee
bioRxiv 061044; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/061044

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